StudentCam

[2] The aim of the competition, as stated by C-SPAN, is to provide an opportunity for young people to voice their opinions on current events.

[3] Middle and high school students can compete alone or in groups of up to three, entering a video documentary between 5 and 6 minutes in length, which presents more than one side to the selected topic and includes related C-SPAN programming.

[6] Following the announcement, the top 25 entries are shown on C-SPAN,[7] one documentary each weekday morning, accompanied by a telephone interview with the student filmmakers.

[10] The grand prize winner of the 2009 competition, Sawyer Bowman, a 10th grade student from Davidson, North Carolina was congratulated by President Barack Obama via a specially-recorded video message.

[3] A first-prize winner in the 2010 competition, Matthew Shimura, met First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House in April 2010 during a town hall meeting for her "Let's Move!"