The following distinguished media professionals, politicians and scholars have acted as members of an advisory board to the founders of the European Journalism-Fellowships:

• Dr. Heik Afheldt, Berlin
• Gerd Appenzeller, Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bergsdorf, Erfurt
• Dr. Helmut Drück, Berlin
• Peter Galliner, Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Peter Glotz, St. Gallen
• Prof. Dr. Alfred Grosser, Paris
• Günther Haaf, Baiersbrunn (Munich)
• Helmut Heinen, Cologne
• Siegmar Mosdorf, Hochdorf bei Stuttgart
• Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Allensbach
• Hans-Wolfgang Pfeifer, Frankfurt am Main
• Lothar C. Poll, Berlin
• Janusz Reiter, Warsaw
• Prof. Dr. Otto B. Roegele, Bergisch-Gladbach
• Dr. Sabine Rollberg, Cologne
• Prof. Dr. Peter Schiwy, Berlin
• Rezzo Schlauch, Stuttgart
• Dr. Gerfried Sperl, Vienna
• Dr. Max Stadler, Passau
• Peter Tamm, Hamburg
• Dr. Francesco Tatò, Rome
• Roger de Weck, Zurich and Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Siegfried Weischenberg, Hamburg