Local students win C-Span documentary competition

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April 06, 2011
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By Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel

April 06, 2011 0

Ten students from four southeastern Wisconsin schools won recognition in C-Span's annual "studentcam" documentary competition, according to the cable television network.

Jake Berg, a senior at Waukesha West High School, was interviewed on C-Span this morning about his third-place documentary, "The Affordable Health Care Act: A Program of Action."

To enter the competition this year, students in sixth through 12th grades had to create a five- to eight-minute documentary about an issue, topic or event that tied their community to the federal government.

The competition garnered 1,069 documentaries from 40 states and the District of Columbia, according to C-Span. In addition to Berg, students from McKinley Middle School and Horlick High School in Racine, as well as from Kettle Moraine Middle School in Dousman, were included among the 75 winners and honorable mentions. The students won individual cash prizes, and the second-place finishers also won money for their schools for digital-video equipment.

C-Span has posted all the winning student entries and dates when students will be interviewed on-air. In addition to Berg, other Wisconsin winners included:

Jonathan Mills, Drew Moes, and Jeffrey Rauenbuehler, seventh-graders at McKinley Middle School in Racine, placed third for "Let There be Light."

Laura Seitz, Megan Mills, and Sinclair Richards, also seventh-graders at McKinley Middle School, placed second for "LEEDing the Way."

Madison Richards and Samantha Noll, ninth-graders at Horlick High School in Racine, placed second for "Have Gun -- Will Carry."

Rylie Morris, an eighth-grader at Kettle Moraine Middle School in Dousman, earned an honorable mention for "Childhood Obesity."

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Erin Richards covers K-12 education in urban and suburban Milwaukee, as well as state politics related to education issues.

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