8th grade students Sofia Ou, Eva Ingram, & Eliana Wei from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland won 1st Prize in the Middle School division for their documentary, “One Party, Two Party, Red Party, Blue Party. But What About Third Parties?” As 1st Prize winners, the team will split $3,000 in prize money.
StudentCam is C-SPAN’s annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. 2025 marked the 21st year of the competition and in this presidential inaugural year, we asked students to explore and analyze matters of personal, local or national importance by addressing the theme — “Your Message to the President: What issue is most important to you or your community?”
C-SPAN is funded by America’s cable and satellite television companies, who also support StudentCam. In Silver Spring, C-SPAN is available locally through Comcast.
Press:
- Press Release: Washington D.C. Area Students Win Prizes in C-SPAN’s National Video Documentary Competition (Google Doc)
- Article: Montgomery County Students Among Winners in C-SPAN’s 2025 StudentCam Competition (The MoCo Show)
StudentCam 2025 1st Prize: "One Party, Two Party, Red Party, Blue Party. But What About Third Parties?"
Congratulatory Messages and Recognition
Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D)
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
American University Government Professor Matthew Foster
Montgomery County Board of Education President Julie Yang
Green Party candidate for Governor of Maryland Andy Ellis
