Alec Weaver StudentCam Contest Winner

Alec Weaver talked about the video he produced, The U.S. Economy Crisis, one of the high school section third prize-winning videos. He is a 10th-grade student at Lincoln Public Schools Information Technology Focus Program in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was interviewed via Skype video from the C-SPAN newsroom.

C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam video documentary contest was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary exploring an issue of national significance that they believe is in need of urgent attention from the new president of the United States using some C-SPAN footage and covering multiple viewpoints. The local cable company was Time Warner Cable.

A video clip was shown. To view students' complete videos, go to www.studentcam.org/Winners09.htm. close