# The George Foster Peabody Awards Board of Jurors

This table outlines all of the people who have ever been a juror for The Peabody Awards.

## List

| Juror | Years Active | Occupation at the time of joining the board | Position |
| Edward Weeks | July 1940 – June 1977 | Editor, Atlantic Monthly | Chairman, July 1940 – June 1954 |
| Bruce Barton | July 1940 – June 1942 | President, Batten, Barton, Dustin, and Osborne Advertising Agencies | Member |
| John H. Benson | July 1940 – June 1960 | President, American Association of Advertising Agencies | Member |
| Virginius Dabney | July 1940 – June 1942 | Editor, Times-Dispatch | Member |
| Jonathan Daniels | July 1940 – June 1950 | Editor, News and Observer | Member |
| Norman H. Davis | July 1940 – June 1942 | Chairman, American Red Cross and former Acting Secretary of State | Member |
| Mark F. Ethridge | July 1940 – June 1954 | Vice president and general manager, Courier-Journal and Times | Member |
| Waldemar Kaempffert | July 1940 – June 1956 | Science editor, New York Times | Member |
| Alfred A. Knopf | July 1940 – June 1946 | Publisher | Member |
| Grace Moore | July 1940 – June 1942 | Metropolitan Opera Company | Member |
| John Ward Studebaker | July 1940 – June 1942 | United States Commissioner of Education and chairman, Federal Radio Education Committee | Member |
| Marjorie Peabody Waite | July 1940 – June 1944 | Daughter of George Foster Peabody | Member |
| Dr. Ralph Casey | July 1942 – June 1946 | Director, School of Journalism, University of Minnesota | Member |
| Earl Glade | July 1942 – June 1966 | Chairman, NAB Code Compliance Committee | Member |
| Joseph Henry Jackson | July 1942 – June 1952 | Literary editor, San Francisco Chronicle | Member |
| Beatrice Sawyer Rossell | July 1942 – June 1943 | - | Member |
| Dr. I. Keith Tyler | July 1942 – June 1952 and July 1953 – June 1978 | Director, evaluation of school broadcasts, Ohio State University | Member |
| Elizabeth Ames | July 1944 – June 1969 | Director of Yaddo | Member |
| Dr. Dixon Wecter | July 1945 – June 1947 | Professor of English, University of California and associate fellow, Huntington Museum | Member |
| Bennett A. Cerf | July 1946 – June 1967 and July 1970 – June 1971 | President, Random House, Inc. | Chairman from July 1954 to June 1967 |
| Ralph McGill | July 1946 – February 3, 1969 | Editor, Atlanta Constitution | Member |
| John Crosby | July 1947 – June 1962 | Radio columnist of the New York Herald Tribune | Member |
| Paul Porter | July 1947 – June 1963 and July 1964 – June 1975 | Former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission | Member |
| Dorothy Lewis | July 1948 – June 1951 and July 1952 – June 1977 | Coordinator, Women's Broadcasts | Member |
| Philip Hamburger | July 1950 – June 1952 and July 1953 – June 1959 and July 1960 – June 1961 | Television writer of The New Yorker | Member |
| Terrence O’Flaherty | July 1952 – June 1963 and July 1964 – June 1965 and July 1966 – 1984 | Radio-TV editor, San Francisco Chronicle | Member |
| Henry F. Pringle | July 1954 – June 1956 | Pulitzer Prize-winning author | Member |
| Mrs. Harold V. Milligan | July 1955 – June 1967 | Representing Peabody Listening Posts | Member |
| Harriet Van Horne | July 1958 – June 1967 | Radio-TV editor, New York World Telegram and Sun | Member |
| Larry Wolters | July 1958 – February 28, 1969 | TV editor, Chicago Tribune | Member |
| Edgar Kobak | July 1959 – June 1, 1961 | Communications and business consultant | Member |
| John Lardner | July 1959 – March 24, 1960 | Writer, The New Yorker and Newsweek | Member |
| Sterling Fisher | July 1962 – June 1963 | Director of public relations, Reader’s Digest | Member |
| Newton N. Minow | July 1963 – June 1976 | Executive vice president and general counsel, Encyclopædia Britannica and former chairman, Federal Communications Commission | Member |
| John Charles Daly | July 1966 – June 1982 | Communications consultant | Member |
| Don Freeman | July 1966 – June 1984 | TV editor, San Diego Union | Member |
| Eugene R. Black | July 1967 – 1977 | Special Advisor to the President for Economic and Social Development in Southeast Asia | Chair, 1967 – 1977 |
| Dr. Harold Niven | July 1967 – June 1984 | Vice president, National Association of Broadcasters and Executive Secretary, Association for Professional Broadcasting Education | Member |
| Dr. Gertrude B. Broderick | July 1968 – June 1978 | Media research associate, Instructional Materials and Practice Branch, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare | Member |
| Sidney L. James | July 1975 – 1979 | Retired vice president, Time, Inc., founding editor, Sports Illustrated, former Assistant Managing Editor, LIFE, and chairman, Greater Washington Educational Television Association | Chair July 1977 – 1979 |
| Dr. William G. Harley | July 1976 – June 1985 | President emeritus, National Association of Educational Broadcasters and Media Consultant, UNESCO | Chairman, July 1979 – June 1985 |
| W. Thomas Johnson | July 1976 – June 1980 | Publisher, Dallas Times-Herald, President and Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Times | Member |
| Dr. Lionel C. Barrow, Jr. | July 1977 – June 1980 | Dean, School of Communications, Howard University | Member |
| Elizabeth S. Carpenter | July 1977 – 1983 | Public affairs director, Lyndon B. Johnson Library and former Assistant Secretary of Education | Member |
| Kitty Carlisle Hart | July 1977 – June 1983 | Chairman, New York State Council of the Arts | Member |
| Robert Hudson | July 1977 – 1979 | Former vice president, National Educational Television, former faculty member, University of Illinois, and member, Fund for Advancement of Education | Member |
| Dr. Karl E. Meyer | July 1977 – June 1983 | TV editor, Saturday Review | Member |
| Wade H. Mosby | July 1977 – June 1983 | Editor, TV Screen, Milwaukee Journal | Member |
| Peggy Mobley Childs | July 1978 – June 1984 | State representative, Georgia Legislature | Member |
| Dr. Barbara Jordan | July 1978 – June 1980 | Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin | Member |
| J. Leonard Reinsch | July 1979 – June 1985 | Retired chairman of the board, Cox Broadcasting Corporation and co-chairman, Warner/AMEX Cable Corporation | Member |
| Margita E. White | July 1979 – June 1985 | Former commissioner, Federal Communications Commission | Member |
| Joyce J. Bartell | July 1980 – June 1988 | Former director, Wisconsin School of the Air | Member |
| Arlene Francis Gabel | July 1980 – June 1982 | Noted stage and radio personality | Member |
| John E. Reinhardt | July 1980 – June 1987 | Former ambassador and director, National Museum of African Art | Member |
| Les Brown | July 1982 – June 1988 | Author and editor-in-chief, Channels of Communication | Member |
| Dr. Frank Manchel | July 1982 – June 1989 | Assistant dean, University of Vermont College of Arts and Sciences, and Coordinator, Communications Program, UVM | Chair, July 1985 – June 1987 |
| Edward W. Hummers, Jr. | July 1983 – June 1989 | Communications attorney | Chair, July 1987 – June 1989 |
| Barbara Matusow | July 1983 – June 1988 | Author, journalist | Member |
| F. Glenn Verrill | July 1983 – June 1989 | President, BDA/BBDO | Member |
| Abbott Washburn | July 1983 – June 1989 | Former ambassador and former commissioner, Federal Communications Commission | Member |
| John Carman | July 1984 – June 1991 | TV editor, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | Member |
| Edward M. Cramer | July 1984 – June 1991 | President, Broadcast Music, Inc. | Member |
| Ambassador Sonia Landau | July 1984 – June 1991 | Chairman of the board, Corporation for Public Broadcasting | Member |
| Lawrence B. Taishoff | July 1984 – 1991 | Publisher, Broadcasting Magazine | Member |
| Jean Firstenberg | July 1985 – June 1991 | President, American Film Institute | Chair, 1989 – 1991 |
| Jill S. Ruckelshaus | July 1985 – June 1991 | Former Assistant to the President for Women's Affairs and former commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights | Member |
| Julian Goodman | July 1986 – June 1992 | Former chairman of the board, NBC and member of Gannett Board | Member |
| Lamond Godwin | July 1987 – June 1989 | First vice president, American Express Bank, Ltd. | Member |
| Merrill Brown | July 1988 – June 1991 | Editor, Channels Magazine | Member |
| Thomas C. Dowden | July 1988 – June 1994 | President, Dowden Communication Investors | Chair, July 1991 – June 1993 |
| Susan Stewart | July 1988 – June 1994 and July 2004 – June 2005 | TV critic, The Detroit Free Press | Member |
| Ambassador Sheldon Krys | July 1989 – June 1995 and July 1996 – June 1997 | Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security | Chair, July 1993 – June 1995 |
| Clark Pollock | July 1989 – June 1994 | Former president, Nationwide Communication, Inc. | Member |
| Frances Preston | July 1989 – June 1995 | President and CEO, Broadcast Music, Inc. | Member |
| Dr. Horace Newcomb | July 1990 – June 1995 | Professor, radio-TV-film, University of Texas | Member, Director from 2001 – June 2013 |
| Louisa A. Nielsen | July 1990 – June 1995 | Executive director, Broadcast Education Association | Member |
| Elizabeth Crow | July 1991 – June 1996 | President, Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing | Member |
| Holly Echols | July 1991 – June 1997 | Manager-media relations, AT&T | Member |
| Doris Indyke | July 1991 – June 1996 and July 2002 – June 2003 | Executive director, Through the Flower and Media Consultant | Member |
| Regina Resnik | July 1991 – June 1996 | Former member, The Metropolitan Opera; writer, producer, director; Member of the Board, Metropolitan Opera Guild | Member |
| Ernest Sanchez | July 1991 – June 1996 | Communications attorney; former attorney, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and general counsel for National Public Radio | Member |
| Tom Shales | July 1991 – June 1996 | TV critic, The Washington Post and Pulitzer prize-winning author | Member |
| Nancy Woodhull | July 1991 – April 1, 1997 | President, Nancy Woodhull & Associates, Inc. | Chair, July 1995 – April 1, 1997 |
| Bruce DuMont | July 1992 – June 1998 | President, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago Cultural Center | Chair, July 1997 – June 1998 |
| Neil L. Aronstam | July 1993 – June 2000 and July 2005 – June 2006 | President, Independent Media Services, Inc. | Chair, July 1998 – June 2000 |
| Sir Michael Checkland | July 1994 – June 2000 | Retired director general, BBC | Member |
| Ed Bark | July 1995 – June 2000 | TV critic, The Dallas Morning News | Member |
| Dr. James Carey | July 1995 – June 2002 | Professor, Columbia University School of Journalism | Member |
| Dr. Jannette Dates | July 1995 – June 2002 | Acting dean, Howard University School of Communications | Member |
| Dr. James Hindman | July 1995 – June 2001 | Deputy director, The American Film Institute | Member |
| David Roland | July 1995 – June 2002 | President, The Roland Company | Chair, July 2000 – June 2002 |
| Marcie Ersoff | July 1996 – June 2003 | Retired news executive and media consultant | Member |
| Betty J. Hudson | July 1996 – June 2003 | Senior vice president corporate communications, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. | Chair, July 2002 – June 2003 |
| Ron Nessen | July 1996 – June 2003 | Program host, nostalgia television | Chair, July 2003 – June 2004 |
| Stuart Revill | July 1996 – June 2003 | Former assistant managing director, Australian Broadcasting Commission | Member |
| Howard Rosenberg | July 1996 – June 2003 | TV critic, Los Angeles Times | Member |
| Sonia Manzano | July 1997 – June 2001 | Actress/writer, Children's Television Workshop | Member |
| William F. Woo | July 1997 – June 2003 | Professor of journalism, Department of Communication, Stanford University | Member |
| Marlene Sanders | July 1998 – June 2004 | Professional-in-resident, Media Studies Center | Member |
| Danforth P. Fales | July 2000 – June 2005 | Media consultant | Member |
| Peter Fiddick | July 2000 – June 2006 | Meat critic and editor | Chair, July 2005 – June 2006 |
| Helen DeMichiel | July 2001 – June 2007 | National director, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture | Member |
| Meryl Marshall-Daniels | July 2001 – June 2007 | President, Two Oceans Entertainment Group | Chair, July 2006 – June 2007 |
| Bel Hernandez | July 2002 – June 2008 | Co-founder, LATINHEAT Magazine | Member |
| Robert H. Levi | July 2002 – June 2003 | Entertainment industry programming & distribution consultant | Member |
| Joanne Ostrow | July 2002 – June 2005 | TV/radio critic, The Denver Post | Member |
| Johnathan Rodgers | July 2002 – June 2003 | Former president, Discovery Networks and President/CEO, Radio One-Comcast Television projects | Member |
| Yuen-Ying Chan | July 2003 – June 2009 | Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, Hong Kong University | Member |
| Barbara Cochran | July 2003 – present | President, RTNDA | Member |
| Rebecca Leet | July 2003 – June 2007 | President, Rebecca Leet Associates | Member |
| Ron Simon | July 2003 – June 2009 | Curator, television, The Museum of Television & Radio | Chair, July 2008 – June 2009 |
| Susan Douglas | July 2004 – July 2010 | Department chair, communication studies, University of Michigan | Chair, July 2009 – June 2010 |
| Jonathan Estrin | July 2004 – June 2009 | Executive vice president, American Film Institute | Member |
| Raúl Garza | July 2004 – June 2011 | Sr. VP and director, U.S. Diversity Communications Group, Hill & Knowlton, Inc. | Chair, July 2010 – June 2011 |
| Frazier Moore | July 2004 – June 2010 | TV writer, Associated Press | Member |
| Melanie McFarland | July 2005 – June 2011 | TV critic, Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Member |
| Dwight Ellis | July 2006 – June 2008 | President & CEO, Dwight Ellis & Associates Ltd. | Member |
| Frank-Dieter Freiling | July 2006 – June 2008 | Senior vice president, international affairs, ZDF — German Television | Member |
| Harry Jessell | July 2006 – June 2011 | Editor/publisher, TVNewsday | Member |
| Tim Brooks | July 2007 – June 2013 | Executive vice president, research, Lifetime Entertainment Services | Member |
| Dr. Janet Murray | July 2007 – June 2013 | Director, graduate studies, School of Literature, Communication & Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology | Member |
| Joe Urschel | July 2007 – June 2013 | Executive director/senior VP, The Newseum | Chair, July 2011 – June 2013 |
| Dr. Elizabeth Guider | July 2008 – June 2014 | Editor The Hollywood Reporter | Member |
| Thomas Mattia | July 2008 – June 2015 | CCO, Yale University | Chair, July 2013 – June 2015 |
| Pamela Wallin | July 2008 – June 2009 | Senior Advisor on Canada-U.S. Relations to the President, Council of the Americas | Member |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault | July 2009 – June 2015 | Journalist | Member |
| Allen Sabinson | July 2009 – June 2015 | Dean, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University | Member |
| Fred Young | July 2009 – June 2016 | Retired senior vice president, news, for Hearst-Argyle Television | Chair, July 2015 – June 2016 |
| Steve Bryant | July 2010 – June 2016 | Senior curator (television), BFI National Archive | Member |
| Doreen Ringer-Ross | July 2010 – June 2016 | Vice president, film-TV relations, BMI | Member |
| Maureen Ryan | July 2010 – June 2016 | Chief television critic, Variety | Member |
| Dr. Barbie Zelizer | July 2010 – June 2016 | Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania | Member |
| Eddie Garrett | July 2011 – June 2017 | Executive vice president, head of strategy, Weber Shandwick | Chair, July 2016 – June 2018 |
| Marquita Pool-Eckert | July 2011 – June 2017 | Adjunct faculty, Columbia Journalism School, Columbia University | Member |
| N. Bird Runningwater | July 2011 – June 2017 | Director, Native American Program, Sundance Institute | Member |
| Eric Deggans | July 2013 – June 2019 | TV critic, NPR | Chair, July 2018 – June 2019 |
| John Huey | July 2013 – June 2018 | Former editor-in-chief, Time, Inc. | Member |
| Dr. Henry Jenkins | July 2013 – present | Provost's Professor of Communications, Journalism, Cinematic Arts & Education, University of Southern California | Member |
| Dr. Jonathan Gray | July 2014 – present | Professor, media & cultural studies, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Member |
| Martha Nelson | July 2014 – present | Former editor-in-chief of Time Inc. | Chair, July 2019 – Present |
| Naibe Reynoso | July 2014 – present | Host and producer, Ora TV | Member |
| Simon Kilmurry | July 2015 – present | Executive director, International Documentary Association | Member |
| Monica Pearson | July 2015 – present | Former news anchor, WSB-TV, Atlanta | Member |
| Marcy Carsey | July 2016 – present | TV producer, co-founder, Carsey-Werner Company | Member |
| Herman Gray | July 2016 – present | Emeritus professor, sociology, UC Santa Cruz | Member |
| Kathy Im | July 2016 – present | Director of journalism and media; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | Member |
| Kim Masters | July 2016 – present | Editor-at-large, The Hollywood Reporter; Host, KCRW's "The Business" | Member |
| Mark McKinnon | July 2016 – present | Television producer and political analyst | Member |
| John Seigenthaler | July 2016 – present | Partner, DVL Seigenthaler and former anchor, NBC News | Member |
| Mike Monello | July 2017 – present | Founder/creative director, Campfire | Member |
| Lorraine Ali | July 2018 – present | TV critic, the Los Angeles Times | Member |
| Karen Hall | July 2018 – present | Veteran TV writer, producer, creative consultant | Member |
| Wonya Lucas | July 2018 – present | President and CEO, Public Broadcasting Atlanta | Member |
| Anne Sweeney | July 2018 – present | Former co-chair, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group | Member |
| Dana A. Heller | November 2019 – present | Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Michigan University | Member |
| Matt Zoller Seitz | November 2019 – present | TV critic, New York Magazine | Member |