Here’s the secret list of journalists who start judging the Pulitzer Prizes today

Today at Columbia University in New York, deliberations begin to determine which works of American journalism published last year are deserving of Pulitzer Prizes, the most coveted award in news. The list of journalists who sit on the Pulitzer nominating juries is supposed to be kept secret until the awards are unveiled, but we’ve obtained 44 of their names, along with titles and affiliations, which we’ve published below. (It’s likely an incomplete list: Last year, 77 people sat on the nominating juries for journalism Pulitzers.)

“We regard any jury list as confidential and do not condone its release,” Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzers, said last night by email.

The nominating juries convening today are supposed to pick three finalists in each of their respective categories. The winners are selected by the Pulitzer board, whose names are public. Most winners get $10,000 and bragging rights in the clubby world of US newsrooms.

The journalism Pulitzers are open to newspapers and online-only news sites (like Quartz, though we didn’t enter). Magazines, radio stations, and TV shows aren’t eligible. Pulitzers are also awarded for the arts, through a separate judging process.

(Quartz last month published the confidential list of people attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Got another list that merits publishing? Please feel free to get in touch.)

Partial list of jurors for the journalism Pulitzers

★‘s denote previous Pulitzer winners

David Rohde ★

Columnist and reporter

Reuters

Amy Ellis Nutt ★

Staff writer

The Star-Ledger

Carol M. Stark

Editor

The Joplin Globe

Traci Bauer

VP digital strategy and development

The (Rochester, New York) Democrat and Chronicle

Thomas E Franklin

Multimedia and video producer, staff photographer

The (Bergen County, New Jersey) Record and Herald

Rachel Smolkin

Deputy managing editor

Politico

Kevin Merida

Managing editor

The Washington Post

George Rodrigue ★

VP/Managing editor

The Dallas Morning News

Jan Touney

Executive editor

Quad-City Times

Cate Barron

VP of content

PA Media group

Steve Breen ★

Editorial cartoonist

San Diego Union-Tribune

Roy Gutman ★

Europe bureau chief

McClatchy Newspapers

Ellen Nimmons

Assistant international editor

Associated Press

Jill Williams

Deputy managing editor, features, entertainment, and new products

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

David Joyner

VP content

Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

Walter V. Robinson

Professor of journalism

Northeastern University

Paul Cheung

Global interactive editor

Associated Press

Rick Hirsch

Managing Editor

The Miami Herald

Peter Bhatia

Editor

The Oregonian

Paul Anger

Editor and publisher

Detroit Free Press

Paul D’Ambrosio

Director, news and investigations

Asbury Park Press

Laura Amico

CEO and editor

Glass Eye Media and Homicide Watch

Mary Jordan ★

Editor

The Washington Post Live

Shawn McIntosh

Deputy managing editor

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Mark Lorando

Director of metro content

The (New Orleans, Louisiana) Times-Picayune

Ziva Branstetter

Enterprise editor

Tulsa World

George Getschow

Writer in residence

The Mayboro Graduate Institute of Journalism

Raju Narisetti

Deputy managing editor

Wall Street Journal/Head of WSJ Digital Network

Mark E. Russell

Editor

The Orlando Sentinel

Lincoln Millstein

Executive vice president

Hearst Newspapers

Sherry Chisenhall

Editor

The Wichita Eagle

Randy Lovely

Senior VP/News and audience development

Republic Media, The Arizona Republic

John Hassell

VP of content

Advance Digital

Gary Putka

US team leader, projects and investigations

Bloomberg

Kevin Dale

News director

The Denver Post

Bob Davis

Editor

The Anniston Star

Greg Borowski

Senior editor, projects and investigations

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Barbara Davidson ★

Staff photographer

Los Angeles Times

Joshua Benton

Director, Nieman Journalism Lab

Harvard University

David Callaway

Editor in chief

USA Today

Nancy Barnes

Editor

The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune

Kathleen Best

Managing editor

The Seattle Times

Mike Wilson

Managing editor

Tampa Bay Times

Judy Walgren

Director of photography

San Francisco Chronicle