| Howard Handleman | INS | October 1945 - December 1945 |
| Robert Cochrane | Baltimore Sun | January 1946 - June 1946 |
| Walter Simmons | Chicago Tribune | July 1946 - December 1946 |
| Tom Lambert | Associated Press | January 1947 - June 1947 |
| George Folster | NBC | July 1947 - June 1948 |
| Keyes Beech | Chicago Daily News | July 1948 - June 1949 |
| Allen Raymond | Herald Tribune | July 1949 - June 1950 |
| Burton Crane | New York Times | July 1950 - June 1951 |
| Joe Fromm | U.S. News & World Report | July 1951 - June 1952 |
| William Jorden | Associated Press | July 1952 - June 1953 |
| Dwight Martin | Time-Life | July 1953 - June 1954 |
| Hessell Tiltman | Manchester Guardian | July 1954 - September 1954 |
| Rutherford Poats | United Press | October 1954 - June 1955 |
| Robert Eunson | Associated Press | July 1955 - March 1956 |
| Marvin Stone | INS | April 1956 - September 1956 |
| Marvin Stone | INS | October 1956 - March 1957 |
| Earnest Hoberecht | United Press | April 1957 - September 1957 |
| Earnest Hoberecht | United Press | October 1957 - March 1958 |
| LeRoy Hansen | United Press | October 1957 - March 1959 |
| Sydney Brookes | Reuters | December 1958 - June 1959 |
| LeRoy Hansen | United Press | July 1959 - June 1960 |
| Nathan Polowetzkey | Associated Press | July 1960 - June 1961 |
| John Randolph | Associated Press | July 1961 - June 1962 |
| Fritz Steck | Neue Zuercher Zeitung | July 1962 - June 1963 |
| Lee Chia | Central News Agency | July 1963 - June 1964 |
| Julius Cohn | Fairchild Publications | July 1964 - June 1965 |
| John Roderick | Associated Press | July 1965 - June 1966 |
| Frank Devine | Australian Newspapers Association | July 1966 - June 1967 |
| Al Kaff | United Press International | July 1967 - June 1968 |
| Henry Hartzenbusch | Associated Press | July 1968 - June 1969 |
| Ugo Puntieri | ANSA | July 1969 - June 1970 |
| John Rich | NBC | July 1970 - June 1971 |
| Pierre Brisard | AFP | July 1971 - June 1972 |
| Mack Chrysler | U.S. News &World Report | July 1972 - June 1973 |
| Sam Jameson | Los Angeles Times | July 1973 - June 1974 |
| Max Desfor | Associated Press | July 1974 - June 1975 |
| Al Cullison | Daily Telegraph | July 1975 - June 1976 |
| Bill Shinn | Sisa News Agency | July 1976 - June 1977 |
| Frederick Marks | United Press International | July 1977 - June 1978 |
| Bruce Dunning | CBS | July 1978 - June 1979 |
| Swadesh DeRoy | Press Trust of India | July 1979 - June 1980 |
| Jack Russell | NBC | July 1980 - June 1981 |
| Edwin Reingold | Time | July 1981 - June 1982 |
| Karel van Wolferen | NRC-Handelsblad | July 1982 - June 1983 |
| Ken Ishii | International Herald Tribune | July 1983 - June 1984 |
| Mary Ann Maskery | ABC | July 1984 - June 1985 |
| Jurek Martin | Financial Times | July 1985 - June 1986 |
| Bruce Macdonell | Globe Net | July 1986 - June 1987 |
| Naoaki Usui | McGraw-Hill World News | July 1987 - June 1988 |
| Andrew Horvat | The Independent | July 1988 - June 1989 |
| Mike Tharp | U.S. News & World Report | July 1989 - June 1990 |
| Peter McGill | The Observer | July 1990 - June 1991 |
| David Powers | BBC | July 1991 - June 1992 |
| Clayton Jones | Christian Science Monitor | July 1992 - June 1993 |
| Lew Simons | Knight-Ridder | July 1993 - June 1994 |
| Gebhard Hielscher | Suddeutsche Zeitung | July 1994 - June 1995 |
| James Lagier | Associated Press | July 1995 - June 1996 |
| William Dawkins | Financial Times | July 1996 - June 1997 |
| Steven Herman | CBS Radio/Discovery Channel | July 1997 - June 1998 |
| Robert Neff | Business Week | July 1998 - June 1999 |
| Roger Schreffler | E.I.U.Publication | July 1999 - June 2000 |
| James Treece | Automotive News | July 2000 - June 2001 |
| Kazuo Abiko | Associated Press | July 2001 - June 2002 |
| Hans van der Lugt | NRC-Handelsblad | July 2002 - June 2003 |
| Myron Belkind | Associated Press | July 2003 - March 2004 |
| Daniel J. Sloan | Reuters | April 2004 - June 2004 |
| Anthony Rowley | Business Times | July 2004 - June 2005 |
| Daniel J. Sloan | Reuters | July 2005 - June 2006 |
| Dennis Normile | Science | July 2006 - June 2007 |
| Martyn Williams | IDG News Service | July 2007 - June 2008 |
| Catherine Makino | IPS | July 2008 - June 2009 |
| Monzurul Huq | Daily Prothom Alo | July 2009 - June 2010 |
| Georges Baumgartner | Swiss Radio and Television | July 2010 - June 2011 |
| Georges Baumgartner | Swiss Radio and Television | July 2011 - June 2012 |
| Georges Baumgartner | Swiss Radio and Television | July 2012 - June 2013 |
| Lucy Birmingham | Freelance | July 2013 - June 2014 |
| Lucy Birmingham | Freelance | July 2014 - June 2015 |
| James Simms II | Freelance | June 2015 - September 2015 |
| Suvendrini Kakuchi | University World News | September 2015 - June 2016 |
| Peter Langan | Freelance | June 2016 - September 2016 |
| Khaldon Azhari | PanOrient News | September 2016 - June 2017 |
| Khaldon Azhari | PanOrient News | June 2017 - June 2018 |
| Peter Langan | Freelance | June 2018 - June 2019 |
| Peter Langan | Freelance | June 2019 - October 2019 |
| Thomas Davidsen | Freelance | October 2019 - December 2019 |
| Khaldon Azhari | PanOrient News | December 2019 - July 2020 |
| Isabel Reynolds | Bloomberg L.P. | August 2020 - July 2021 |
| Suvendrini Kakuchi | University World News | July 2021 - August 2022 |
| Peter Elstrom | Bloomberg News | August 2022 - July 2023 |
| Dave McCombs | NHK World | July 2023 - August 2024 |
| Daniel J. Sloan | Freelance | August 2024 - July 2025 |
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