C-SPAN Challenges Students to Compete in National Documentary Contest
by cecile
Are you a policy wonk? Then you should enter this contest!!
This Year's Theme: Message to the President
C-SPAN is asking students to consider what issue the president should address in 2013, and create a video documentary explaining why it's important.
This Year's Theme is : Message to the President
What do you think is important and should be addressed by the president? Make a short film and enter it in this contest for a chance to win some cash!!. It will be fun to do and a great item to put on your resume (some day!).
Now in its ninth year, C-SPAN's national competition invites all middle school students (grades 6-8) and high school students (grade 9-12) to produce a five- to eight-minute video documentary using C-SPAN programming.
This year, students will have the opportunity to produce a documentary focusing on "A Message to the President: What's the most important issue the president should consider in 2013?"
The C-SPAN Education Foundation supports the contest by awarding 75 student and 11 teacher prizes, totaling $50,000 in cash.
Entries must represent varying points of view, and incluide C-SPAN video that supports the documentary's topic. Students, working alone or in groups up to three, must upload their videos by January 18, 2013, and winners will be announced in March. A full list of guidelines, FAQ's and past winning videos can be found at studentcam.org.
If enough students enter from Ann Arbor we can reserve a night to run the documentaries and you can invite all your friends!!
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