Selection Committee
The candidates are evaluated by a selection committee, which is chaired by Her Majesty Queen Rania of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and includes eminent international media leaders.
Current members of the selection committee include:
| Nicolas Beytout | Editorial Director, Les Echos, France |
| Carl-Johan Bonnier | Chairman, Bonnier AB, Sweden |
| Ferruccio de Bortoli | Editor-in-Chief, Il Sole - 24 Ore, Italy |
| Hubert Burda | Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, Hubert Burda Media, Germany |
| Carlo Caracciolo | Chairman, Gruppo Editoriale l’Espresso, Italy |
| Juan Luis Cebrian Echarri | Chief Executive Officer, Grupo Prisa, Spain |
| Chang Dae-Whan | Chairman and Publisher, Maeil Business Newspaper and TV, Republic of Korea |
| Mathias Döpfner | Chief Executive Officer, Axel Springer AG, Germany |
| Jorge Fontevecchia | Publisher and Owner, Diario Perfil, Argentina |
| Steve Forbes | President and Chief Executive Officer, Forbes Inc., USA |
| Tom Glocer | Chief Executive Officer, Reuters Group Plc, United Kingdom |
| Shekhar Gupta | Editor-in-Chief and Group Chief Executive Officer, The Indian Express, India |
| Hisashi Hieda |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fuji Television Network Inc., Japan |
| Juan-Pablo Illanes | Director, Empresa Periodistica El Mercurio SAP, Chile |
| Nabil A. Al Khatib | Executive Editor, Al Arabiya News Channel, United Arab Emirates |
| Jihad B. Khazen | Director, Al Hayat Newspaper Ltd, United Kingdom |
| Arnaud Lagardère | General Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Lagardère SCA, France |
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Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
Editor-in-Chief, Die Zeit, Germany |
| James R. Murdoch | Chief Executive Officer, British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, United Kingdom |
| Gavin K. O’Reilly | Chief Operating Officer, Independent News & Media Plc, Ireland |
| Nduka Obaigbena | Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Thisday, Nigeria |
| Aroon Purie | Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Officer, The India Today Group, India |
| Michael Ringier | Chairman, Ringier AG, Switzerland |
| Jonathan Rothermere | Chairman, Daily Mail and General Trust Plc (DMGT), United Kingdom |
| Prannoy Roy | President, New Delhi Television (NDTV), India |
| Rui Chenggang | Director and Anchor, China Central Television, People’s Republic of China |
| Marjorie Scardino | Chief Executive, Pearson Plc (The Financial Times Group), United Kingdom |
| Peter Sullivan | Group Editor-in-Chief, Independent Newspapers, South Africa |
| Arthur Sulzberger | Chairman and Publisher, The New York Times, USA |
| Robert Thomson |
Editor-in-Chief, The Times, United Kingdom |
| Elizabeth G. Weymouth | Washington Post Group, Newsweek, USA |
| Mehmet Ali Yalçindag | President and Chief Executive Officer, Dogan Media Group, Turkey |