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Freedom of the Press

Publisher and Editor

Gregg P. Leslie

Managing Editor
Nicole Lozare

Contributing Editor
Mark Caramanica

Contributors
Raymond Baldino, Jack Komperda, Emily Miller, You-Jin Han, Kristen Rasmussen, Amanda Simmons

Administration
Lois Lloyd, Victor Gaberman, Michele McMahon

Steering Committee

J. Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press
Wolf Blitzer, CNN
David Boardman, Seattle Times
Chip Bok, Creators Syndicate
Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers
Michael Duffy, Time
Richard S. Dunham, Houston Chronicle
Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Media
Fred Graham, InSession
John C. Henry, Freelance
Nat Hentoff, Universal Uclick
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
John McKinnon, The Wall Street Journal
Tony Mauro, National Law Journal
Doyle McManus, The Los Angeles Times
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News
Maggie Mulvihill, New England Center
for Investigative Reporting
Bill Nichols, Politico
Sandra Peddie, Newsday
Jim Rubin, Bloomberg News
Bob Schieffer, CBS News
Eric Schmitt, The New York Times
Alicia Shepard, Freelance
Paul Steiger, ProPublica
Pierre Thomas, ABC News
Saundra Torry, USA Today
Judy Woodruff, PBS/The News Hour

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The Reporters Committee would like to
thank The Associated Press for permission
to use photos from its files.

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