2025 2nd Prize High School Central Division – “Invisible People: Hidden In Plain Sight” by Emma Curry & Ashley Blanche

12th Grade students Emma Curry & Ashley Blanche from Jenks High School in Oklahoma won 2nd Prize in the High School Central division for their documentary, “Invisible People: Hidden In Plain Sight.” As 2nd Prize winners, the duo will split $1,500 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 Jenks, C-SPAN is available locally through Cox Communications.

Press:

• Press Release: Jenks Students Win Prizes in C-SPAN’s National Documentary Competition (Google Doc)
  
• Article: LEAD WITH EMPATHY: Jenks seniors advocate for Tulsa’s homeless in documentary (KJRH -TV)
• Article: Students win in C-SPAN StudentCam competition (The Journal Record)
• Article: Jenks High School students win national award for documentary on homelessness (News9)
• Article: Jenks students honored for award-winning documentaries in annual competition (Fox 23)
• Article: Jenks film students continue winning ways in C-SPAN competition (Tulsa World)