2012 Final Judges

A diverse and distinguished panel of final judges, representing major print and broadcast outlets, meets and selects the winner in each of the 13 competition categories from among finalists submitted by the preliminary judges and chooses the career achievement honorees. The dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management chairs the panel.

	Rafat Ali CEO and Founder, Skift		Davan Maharaj Editor, Los Angeles Times
	Amanda Bennett Executive Editor, Projects and Investigations, Bloomberg News		Tyler Mathisen Co-anchor, CNBC's Power Lunch Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives, CNBC
	Matthew Bishop* New York Bureau Chief, The Economist		Matt Murray* Deputy Managing Editor, International News and Money & Investing, The Wall Street Journal
	David Boardman Executive Editor and Senior Vice President, The Seattle Times		Judy D. Olian Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management
	Chrystia Freeland* Editor, Thomson Reuters Digital		Allan Sloan* Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune
	John Hillkirk* Senior Editor, Investigations and National Enterprise, USA Today		Russ Stanton* Vice President of Content, Southern California Public Radio
	Larry Kramer President and Publisher, USA Today		Paul Steiger Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica
	Glenn Kramon* Assistant Managing Editor, The New York Times		Gillian Tett U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
	Joanne Lipman* Adviser, Yahoo! Media Executive Producer, NYPR		Jonathan Wald* Executive Producer, Piers Morgan Tonight Adjunct Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism