2017 Judges
- Willow Bay, Chair: Director, USC Annenberg School of Journalism
- *Seth Doane: Rome-based corresondent for CBS News
- Rebecca Haggerty: Associate Director, Annenberg TV News
- *Brad Luck: Digital Director, NBC Connecticut
- Judy Muller: Professor, USC Annenberg School of Journalism
- *Maria Nikias: Senior Coordinator, Content Strategy, CBS Interactive Specials
- Stacy Scholder: Associate Director, Annenberg TV News
- Heidi Schulman: Veteran TV news writer, producer and reporter
- Willa Seidenberg: Associate Professor of Professional Practice; Director, USC Annenberg Radio News
2017 Screeners
- Patrick Becker: News producer at WABC-TV, New York
- Dan Birman: TV producer and USC Annenberg Journalism professor
- *Kate Cagle: Video journalist at KRON-TV, San Francisco
- Shawn Chitnis: Multimedia journalist for CBS Denver
- *Kaitlin Funaro: Communications strategy and media relations professional
- Bryan Goettel: Public relations and communications professional
- *Gretchen Goldsmith: Emmy Award-winning news & documentary producer; USC Annenberg lecturer
- *Alex Goldsmith: Weekend evening anchor and general assignment reporter for KRQE News 13, Albuquerque
- *Anne Hsu: Associate producer at CBS Interactive
- Kim Leoffler: KLTV7 (East Texas) Reporter/multi-media journalist
- Alexa Liacko: Reporter KGUN9 On Your Side, Tucson
- Tina Mather Jensen: Investigative reporter for Fox13 Tampa
- David McAlpine: News producer at WPVI-TV / Channel 6 Action News,
Philadelphia - Elizabeth Mitchell: Three decades of experience as a producer, writer, coordinating producer, post production coordinator and segment producer
- *Stacey Persoff: Freelance producer at KIRO-TV, Seattle
- Lew Rothbart: Newswriter, producer and assignment editor at KNBC, Los Angeles; former news director at KTLA
- Matt Schrader: Investigative and consumer news producer at
KOVR-TV, Sacramento - Max Schwartz: Freelance reporter/producer
- *Shawna Thomas: Senior editor at NBC News’s Meet the Press
- Ani Ucar: Investigative associate producer at Fusion Media Network
- Nick Valencia: General assignment correspondent for CNN
- *Kris Van Cleave: Emmy Award and Murrow Award-winning reporter; CBS News Transportation correspondent
- *Joy Wang: Reporter at WILX News in Lansing, Michigan
- *Darren Zulberti: News producer at KTVU-TV, Fox in Bay Area
* Denotes USC Annenberg Alumni
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