

A hearty congratulations to each of the winning documentarians, whose videos competed among the record-setting 1,893 films that were received in the 2013 StudentCam competition. A total of 3,753 students representing 44 states, as well as Washington DC, and Taiwan, took part in the competition.
If you have any questions, you may contact us at educate@c-span.org.
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Josh Stokes 12th Grade "Unemployment in America" Daniel Hand High School Madison, CT Comcast Air Date: Saturday, April 27 |
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HIGH SCHOOL Alan Shimp |
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MIDDLE SCHOOL Parin Bhaduri, Austin Hoag, and Nalin Varma |
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Jessica Ji and Olivia Lindsley 8th Grade "Healthcare Reform" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Tuesday, April 23 |
Katherine Wang and Timothy Zhou 8th Grade "The Federal Deficit and Debt: Darkening the Future" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Sunday, April 21 |
Rebecca Levy and Shelby Stevens 8th Grade "What's the Catch?" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Friday, April 19 |
Zachary Cohen 7th Grade "Education: Take A Spin" The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy Sandy Springs, GA Comcast Air Date: Wednesday, April 17 |
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Matthew Shimura 10th Grade "Tides of Tomorrow" Punahou School Honolulu, HI Oceanic Time Warner Cable Air Date: Wednesday, April 24 |
James Roldan 11th Grade "Education: America's Challenge" Westminster Academy Ft. Lauderdale, FL Comcast Air Date: Monday, April 22 |
Alexandra Chandler 11th Grade "Guns In Our Schools" Clearwater High School Clearwater, FL Bright House Networks Air Date: Saturday, April 20 |
Merin McDivitt, Brendan Kennedy, and Pearl James 11th Grade "State of the City" Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast Air Date: Thursday, April 18 |
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Grace Weissman and Isabel Lott 8th Grade "Immigration: The Border Crossing Controversy" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Monday, April 15 |
Lauren Fiet, Tali Graham, and Eunice Baek 8th Grade "A Game of Risk: Israel and Iran" Farragut Middle School Knoxville, TN Charter Communications Air Date: Saturday, April 13 |
Evelien Liu and Elizabeth Sporgitas 8th Grade "Dear Mr. President...Where is the Funding?" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Thursday, April 11 |
Camila Tussie, Jacob Wilentz, and Brian Bosem 8th Grade "The Dangers of an Increasing National Deficit" Falcon Cove Middle School Weston, FL Advanced Cable Communications Air Date: Tuesday, April 9 |
Grace Shoffner, Julia Hammon, and Maggie Murr 8th Grade "Education Across The Nation" Farragut Middle School Knoxville, TN Charter Communications Air Date: Sunday, April 7 |
Lauren Frost and Camille Torfs-Leibman 8th Grade "Fishable, Swimmable,Drinkable" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast Air Date: Friday, April 5 |
Kye Masino 8th Grade "Government Wa$te" Homeschool Hot Springs, AR Resort Cable Air Date: Wednesday, April 3 |
Delaney Weller, Lauren Dickerson, and Maggie Olson 8th Grade "Inefficient Government Spending: The Foundation of Our Debt" Farragut Middle School Knoxville, TN Charter Communications Air Date: Monday, April 1 |
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Peter Ackerman 11th Grade "College: America's Gateway" Cony High School Augusta, ME Time Warner Cable Air Date: Tuesday, April 16 |
Trevor Warren 12th Grade "The Strangers: Illegal Immigration in America" Homeschool Spanish Fort, AL Mediacom Air Date: Sunday, April 14 |
Tucker Hemphill 9th Grade "Catching Waves For Renewable Energy" The Lab School of Washington Washington, DC Comcast Air Date: Friday, April 12 |
Rachael Bartish 12th Grade "Sincerely, Rachael" Franklin County High School Brookville, IN Enhanced Telecommunications Corporation Air Date: Wednesday, April 10 |
Julie Doyle and Joshua Thompson 12th Grade "The Significance of Small Businesses" Cedar Falls High School Cedar Falls, IA Mediacom Air Date: Monday, April 8 |
Aaron Mirtes and Chaz Olivier 12th Grade "In Sickness and in Healthcare" Ravenwood High School Brentwood, TN Comcast Air Date: Saturday, April 6 |
Destin Bigsby, Carl Olson, and Kieran Reiser 9th Grade "Renewable Energy" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications Air Date: Thursday, April 4 |
Frank Boudon and Jason Ji 10th Grade "Poverty: America's Untold Crisis " Troy High School Troy, MI Wide Open West Air Date: Tuesday, April 2 |
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Prim Phoolsombat and Nicholas Fechner-Mills 8th Grade "Illegal Immigrants and their Education" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Roxanna Ulloa, Isabel Fetter, and Mika Yatsuhashi 8th Grade "Climate Change" Eastern Middle School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Nathan Blumenfeld and Ireland Tavarez 6th Grade "The Unemployment Rate" Elysian Charter School Hoboken, NJ Cablevision |
N'niko Carre-Smith, Keaton Holt, and Jordan Tom 8th Grade "Capital Punishment" Beverly Cleary Fernwood Portland, OR Comcast |
Anish Chaluvadi, Nikhil Vallabhaneni, and David Schmitt 8th Grade "Message to the President: Medicare and Medicaid" Langston Charter Middle School Greenville, SC Charter Communications |
Isaac Beam 8th Grade "The Vicious Cycle" Langston Charter Middle School Greenville, SC Charter Communications |
Tiffany Kim, Maya Dru, and Caitlin Kindig
8th Grade "Co-Pay" The Nettelhorst School Chicago, IL Comcast |
Owen Blackwell 6th Grade "You Can Make a World of Difference!" BAK Middle School of the Arts West Palm Beach, FL Comcast |
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Dalhia Martinez 12th Grade "Reaching For A Dream" Clifton J. Ozen High School Beaumont, TX Time Warner Cable |
Samuel Gladden 10th Grade "Education:The Greatest Common Factor" Miller Grove High School Lithonia, GA Comcast |
Samantha Shanker 12th Grade "On Education" Ladue Horton Watkins High School Ladue, MO Charter Communications |
Breylin Becton 12th Grade "The Opportunity Gap" Frisco Centennial High School Frisco, TX Grande Communications |
Ari Moutal, Blake Finley, and Emily Wong 10th Grade "Bullying: A Threat to Our Nation" Canyon Crest Academy San Diego, CA Time Warner Cable |
Luke Zeller, Ryan Porter, and Caleb Parkins 9th Grade "Our Future: Climate Change and Sustainable Energy" Asheville High School Asheville, NC Charter Communications |
Madeline Bowne 9th Grade "Dear Mr President: Made in America?" Cherry Hill High School East Cherry Hill, NJ Comcast |
Branda Bui, Cory Nguyen, and Monique Nguyen 12th Grade "Funding for Education" Garden Grove High School Garden Grove, CA Time Warner Cable |
Timothy Ring, Michael Plaisance, and David Murphy 12th Grade "The Cost of College Then and Now" Bishop O'Dowd High School Oakland, CA Comcast |
Robert Holloway 12th Grade "The Gun Delusion" Amarillo High School Amarillo, TX Suddenlink |
Logan McKim 12th Grade "Income Inequality: the silent killer" Aloha High School Aloha, OR Comcast |
Juan Fernandez, Camila A. Diaz, Ana Sophia Mifsud 11th Grade "Change for Climate Change" MAST Academy Key Biscayne, FL Comcast |
Max Kronstadt, Ben Miller, and Leigh Cook 10th Grade "D.C. Statehood " Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
James Jasper Saah, Ross Cohen-Kristianse, and Jacob Popper 10th Grade "A Simple Truth" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Connor Smith, Max Scribner, and Sam Howells
10th Grade "Passing the Test" Montgomery Blair High School Silver Spring, MD Comcast |
Gabrielle Gasche and Anna James 11th Grade "College Tuition" Vancouver School of Arts and Academics Vancouver, WA Comcast |
Alexander Merker 12th Grade "Iran and America: Nuclear Weapons" Downingtown East High School Exton, PA Comcast |
Michael Pyskaty 10th Grade "Our College Cost Conundrum" Starpoint High School Lockport, NY Time Warner Cable |
Rachel Ciarkowski, Hannah Lynn, and Dana Shin 11th Grade "Reinventing Immigration in America" Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
Sofie Squatriti and Keely Ferguson 11th Grade "Saving the American Dream" Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI Comcast |
Francesca Boyer, Maddie DeLuca, and Karleigh Madej 12th Grade "Our Future" Amsterdam High School Amsterdam, NY Time Warner Cable |
Brett Stanavich, Harrison Flint and Brittany Roux 12th Grade "Stop Teen Violence" Amsterdam High School Amsterdam, NY Time Warner Cable |
Anthony Reiter and Vaughn Varma 12th Grade "Fracking in the Future" Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA Cox Communications |
Ian McConnell, Zach Moser, and Kaley Thornton 12th Grade "The Fiscal Cliff" Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, VA Cox Communications |
Angela Chang 12th Grade "A Country Left Behind: America's Struggle with Education Stagnancy" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Hank Hargrove 12th Grade "U.S. Energy Consumption: Exploring Possibilities" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
Hannah Rogers 10th Grade "Poverty and its Effect on Education" Jenks High School Jenks, OK Cox Communications |
David Nguyen, Jordan Peacock, Luke Van Lant 9th Grade " You're Fired: America's Unemployment Situation and How to Change it" Long Beach Polytechnic High School Long Beach, CA Charter Communications |
Richard Uhlenhopp 12th Grade "Mr. President and the Farm Bill" Aplington Parkersburg High School Parkersburg, IA Mediacom |
Eric Smith, Tim Baker, and Bryce Rosenberg 10th Grade "Set the standard for safe fracking" Hammond High School Columbia, MD Comcast |
MonYi Lwin 10th Grade "It's Time" Hammond High School Columbia, MD Comcast |
Hannah Callison, Anna Yip, and Jose Melgoza 12th Grade "Corporations are not People" New Technology High School Napa, CA Comcast |
Caleb Segenet, Jason Cheng, Connor Scoffin 12th Grade "The Importance of Foreign Policy" Scripps Ranch High School San Diego, CA Time Warner Cable |
Gabrielle Creazzo 12th Grade "The FDA" Nazareth Area High School Nazareth, PA Service Electric |
David Nelson 11th Grade "American Empire " Conrad Weiser High School Robesonia, PA Comcast |
Jeremy Smith, Sarah Wisser, and Dylan Metzinger 12th Grade "Getting America Back to Work " Conrad Weiser High School Robesonia, PA Comcast |
Hanl Park 11th Grade "Dear Mr. President: How will we stop Gun Massacres?" Bergen County Academies Hackensack, NJ Cablevision |
Alex Howard 12th Grade "We Must Do Something About the Guns" Central High School St. Paul, MN Comcast |
Connor Pollard and Katie Boswell 12th Grade "A Roof Over Our Heads" Midlothian High School Midlothian, VA Comcast |
Emmitt Rudd and Dean Sydnor 11th Grade "Education in America: The Reprehensible System" Mount Si High School Snoqualmie, WA Comcast |