They arrived on June 3. They came from as far away as the Pacfic Northwest and as close as the other side of Tampa Bay. There are 32 of them; 16 writers, 8 photographers and 8 designers.

They're all journalists. Young ones. Most of them are fresh out of college.

For the next six weeks, they will undergo a program at The Poynter Institute that some past participants have likened to boot camp. In addition to taking classes, they will break into eight teams, fan out across St. Petersburg and start reporting. Beginning the week of June 10, they will start publishing their stories.

(And remember, come mid-July, most of these talented young reporters will be looking for work.)

Writers	Visual Journalists
Mary Andom Western Washington University	Tracy Boyer University of North Carolina
Liz Barry Davidson College	Bill Couch University of Michigan
Jeremy Burton University of Buffalo	Erin Cubert Ball State University
Eric Chima University of Illinois	Amanda Determan University of Montana
Chasity Gunn Belmont University	Nick Escobar University of Illinois
Marissa Harshman Western Washington University	Jenessa Farnsworth Brigham Young University
I-Ching Ng Columbia University	Jason Fritz San Francisco State
Isabel Ordóñez University of Missouri	Tory Hargro Alcorn State University
Matt Pleasant University of South Florida	Joey Kirk Texas Tech University
Kalen Ponche Truman State University	Shirley Knowles Marquette University
Zack Quaintance Southern Illinois University	Billy Kulpa Northern Illinois University
Cynthia Reynaud University of Idaho	Lauren Kuntz Ohio University
Arek Sarkissian University of Arizona	Ashley Mills Pennsylvania State University
Dwayne Steward Ohio University	Erik Oeverndiek Notre Dame de Namur
Mallary Tenore Providence College	Julia Robinson San Francisco State
Shoshana Walter Mount Holyoke College	LeeAnn Watson Augustana College