1980-1985 Al JaCoby, The San Diego Union-Tribune
1985-1986 Harry Themal, Wilmington News-Journal
1986-1988 Clair Balfour, Montreal Gazette, Canada
1988-1990 Bob Kierstead, Boston G;obe
1990-1991 Henry McNulty, Hartford Courant
1991-1992 Kerry Sipe, Virginian Pilot
1992-1993 Dave Bishop, Ann Arbor News, Michigan
1993-1994 Mike Clark, Florida Times Union, Jacksonville
1994-1995 John Sweeney, Wilmington News-Journal, Delaware
1995-1996 Lynne Glaser, Fresno Bee
1996-1997 Phil Record, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
1997-1998 Lynn Feigenbaum, Virginian Pilot
1998-1999 John V. R. Bull, Philadelphia Inquirer
1999-2000 Gina Lubrano, San Diego Union-Tribune
2000-2001 Elissa Papirno, Hartford Courant
2001-2002 David Bazay, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
2002-2003 Sanders LaMont, The Sacramento Bee
2003-2004 Yavuz Baydar, Millyet, Istanbul, Turkey
2004-2005 Jeffrey Dvorkin, National Public Radio, US
2005-2007 Ian Mayes, The Guardian, London
2007-2008 Pam Platt, Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky
2008-2010 Stephen Prichard, The Observer, London
2010-2012 Jacob Mollerup, DR, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012-2014 Stephen Pritchard, The Observer, London
2014-2016 Tarmu Tammerk, Estonian Public Broadcasting
2016-2018 Esther Enkin, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
2018-2020 Bjarne Schilling, Politiken, Denmark
2020 – Margo Smit, Ombudsman, NPO, Netherlands