Mr Joe Thloloe (President of the Jury)
Former chairperson of the South African Editors’ Forum
South African Press Ombudsman
South Africa

Ms Alexandra Föderl-Schmid
Editor-in Chief, Der Standard
Austria

Mr Atmakusumah Astraatmadja
Media observer, columnist and former chair of the independent Press Council of Indonesia

Mr Adam Michnik
Former Editor In Chief, “Gazeta Wyborcza”
Poland

Ms Ilze Jaunalksne
Journalist
Latvia

Mr Daniel Santoro
Editor de la Sección “El País”, Diario Clarín
Argentina

Mr Steven Gan
Editor-in-Chief, Malaysiakini.com
Malaysia

Ms Guiliana Sgrena
Reporter, Envoyée spéciale, Il Manifesto
Italy

Ms Serkalem Fasil
Publisher and Deputy Editor, Menilik Newspaper
Ethiopia

Ms Marielos Monzon
Columnist, Prensa Libre
Guatemala

Mr Ramzi E.Khoury
President, PINA - Television Production Company, President, Strategy Falcons Ltd
UAE

Ms Raghida Dergham
Al Hayat Bureau Chief in New York
Lebanon