Photo credit: Robertson Adams.

Today reviewers are gathering in Miami to help Knight review the 56 semifinalists in the Knight News Challenge on strengthening the Internet.

By the end of the day we expect to have a group of finalists that we’ll examine more deeply over the next few weeks.

The next public announcement will be that of the winners, on June 23, at the MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference in Cambridge, Mass.

Finalists can expect to hear from us next week. We may also follow up with several projects individually if we feel it is better suited to another funding option at Knight.

We’d like to thank the following people who have taken two days to join us:

• Joyce Barnathan
• Emily Bell
• Ben Casnocha
• Phillisa Cramer
• Michael Davies
• Chris DiBona
• Vanessa Fox
• Waldo Jaquith
• Alex Kantrowitz
• George Marangos-Gilks
• Lori McGlinchey
• Fede Pirizio-Biroli
• Eric Sears
• Aminatou Sow
• Dave Steer
• Hong Qu

We closed the News Challenge on strengthening the Internet in March with 704 submissions in the contest.

By Elizabeth R. Miller, a communications consultant for Knight Foundation