Helen Branswell, medical reporter, The Canadian Press, Toronto, Canada Project: Polio eradication: Can the job be done?
Chris Cobb, staff writer, The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Canada Project: Innovative efforts to provide clean water and cheap sanitation facilities in Africa "African Children Sing a Song of Thanks to Ottawans" (December 20, 2009 - The Ottawa Citizen)
Fruto Corre, independent filmmaker, Brooklyn, NY Project: HIV, migration, and AIDS prevention initiatives in the Philippines
Jackedja Francois, independent television producer, New York, NY Project: Food security and HIV prevention and treatment in Haiti
Christopher Grosskurth, national reporter, CBC News, Toronto, Canada Project: Tuberculosis in India and its implications for North America
Alison Hawkes, freelance writer and public radio reporter, New York, NY Project: Uganda's use of DDT in malaria control efforts "DDT Use Provokes Political Battle in Uganda" (August 7, 2009 - The World/PRI/WGBH)
Jeneen Interlandi, health and science reporter, Newsweek, New York, NY Project: Battling the multi-drug resistant tuberculosis epidemic in Baku, Azerbaijan
Tony Leys, health affairs writer, and Mary Chind, photographer, The Des Moines Register Project: Post-conflict health crises in Uganda "Hope to Heal" (The Des Moines Register)
Carol Lloyd, columnist, The San Francisco Chronicle magazine, Monteverde, Costa Rica Project: The impact of Chagas disease in Latin America and implications for the U.S.
Allan Richards, associate dean, Florida International University School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and journalist, Miami, FL Project: Innovative South African media initiatives on HIV/AIDS "Tell Somebody: The New Face of HIV/AIDS" (October 15, 2009 - WPBT/Channel 2, Miami, FL)
Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne, global health correspondent, Globalpost.com, and freelance writer, Cambridge, MA Project: Treatment protocols and the outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa "The Scourge of TB" (January/February 2010 - The Atlantic Monthly)
Gregory Warner, freelance writer/producer, New York, NY Project: Comparing the effectiveness of male circumcision programs in Rwanda and Kenya