Editor Emeritus Dave Zweifel has been associated with The Capital Times for more than 50 years and is one of the nation’s most well-recognized and honored newspaper editors. He served as the president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council for 15 years. Zweifel has been a Pulitzer Prize judge and a regular participant in national and international dialogues and debates about journalism. He was named to the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2011.

John Nichols has been associated with The Capital Times for more than 20 years; currently he is Associated Editor of the Opinion pages. He is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine and is the author or coauthor of ten books. He received the 2013 Council for Wisconsin Writers Major Achievement Award. He is a commentator for the BBC and a guest on radio and television programs in the United States and abroad.