2002-	Pamela Polston and Paula Routly, Editors/Publishers Seven Days
2001-	Connie Camp, Online Editor, Rutland Herald/Times Argus
2000-	Catherine Hughes, Managing Editor, ABC 22 News
1999-	Dianne Lynch, Chair, St. Michael's College Journalism Department
1998-	Bob Kinzel, Director, Vermont News Service
1997-	Jeffrey Good, Capitol Bureau Chief, Burlington Free Press
1996-	Tom Slayton, Editor-in-Chief, Vermont Life Magazine; Senior News Consultant, Vermont Public Radio
1995-	Tim McQuiston, Editor, Vermont Business Magazine
1994-	Marselis Parsons, News Director, WCAX-TV, CBS Affilliate, Burlington
1993-	Chris Graff, Correspondent, Associated Press