What’s on the minds of students in Michigan and across the country?  C-SPAN is in Metro Detroit this week, letting middle and high school students know about The network’s Student Cam Documentary Competition. Rebecca Stewart is C-Span’s Community Representative.

“We ask them to film documentaries that are five to eight minutes long about an issue of their choice. And, we want them to show multiple perspectives and multiple points of view,” Stewart told WWJ’s Greg Bowman. “They’ll send those into us, along with some C-Span footage, and we’ll judge them,” she said.

This year’s theme is either one of the country’s greatest strengths, or a challenge that the country is currently facing.

What is Stewart expecting to see  from students who enter the competition? 

“Last year we got almost a thousand entries from across the country, and even some international entries. The topics spanned from health care and the economy, to colony collapse disorder. As a matter of fact, one of our winners was about water conservation, and another was the honey beer and what’s going on with them in the United States,” she said.

A total of $50 thousand dollars will be awarded in cash prizes, including 75 student awards and 11 teacher awards .  The best overall entry will be awarded the $5,000 grand prize. 

The deadline for entries is January 20, 2010.

Get details on how you can enter the competition at this link.

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