Washington Journal
StudentCam Contest Interview
2007-05-16T08:32:09-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNjI4XC8xOTc3MTYtMDMtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Melissa Mergner was interviewed by telephone about the video she produced, Speaking Truth to Power, about farm workers' rights. Clips from the video were shown. The video was one of the third-prize winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam video documentary contest. This was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary exploring a current political topic using some C-SPAN footage and covering multiple viewpoints. Melissa Mergner is a 10th grade student at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Melissa Mergner was interviewed by telephone about the video she produced, Speaking Truth to Power, about farm workers' rights. Clips from t…
read more
Melissa Mergner was interviewed by telephone about the video she produced, Speaking Truth to Power, about farm workers' rights. Clips from the video were shown. The video was one of the third-prize winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam video documentary contest. This was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary exploring a current political topic using some C-SPAN footage and covering multiple viewpoints. Melissa Mergner is a 10th grade student at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. close
Melissa Mergner was interviewed by telephone about the video she produced, Speaking Truth to Power, about farm workers' rights. Clips from t… read more
Melissa Mergner was interviewed by telephone about the video she produced, Speaking Truth to Power, about farm workers' rights. Clips from the video were shown. The video was one of the third-prize winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam video documentary contest. This was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary exploring a current political topic using some C-SPAN footage and covering multiple viewpoints. Melissa Mergner is a 10th grade student at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. close
Related Video
-
Open Phones
Telephone lines were opened for comments on the topic, “The Senate takes up the immigration bill today.” (Pictures no…
-
Immigration Policy
Rep. Gutierrez talked about immigration policy. He and Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) have proposed legislation to revamp the U.…
-
Immigration and Labor Groups
Ana Avendano, associate general counsel and director of the AFL-CIO Immigrant Worker Program, talked about the AFL-CIO’s…
-
Speaking Truth to Power
One of the third prize-winning videos for the high school section, Speaking Truth to Power, was produced by Melissa Merg…