C-SPAN Winners

2017 Winners

2^nd Prize

Eleanor Sparks, Charles Thrush & Alexander Rhoman

"On the Edge"

Student prize: $1500 School prize: $250

2^nd Prize

Priya Moorjani and Dhruv Pai

"The War on Guns"

Student prize: $1500 School prize: $250

3^rd Prize

Alexander Koehler, Amol Ajmera & Sebastian Davidson

"Combating Terrorism: US Involvement in Conflicts of the Middle East"

Student prize: $750 School prize: $125

3^rd Prize

Kiran Glass, Michelle Zhao & Faina Pensy

"Cyber Crisis"

Student prize: $750 School prize: $125

3^rd Prize

Jenna Shi & Katalin Schuffert

"1.1 Billion"

Student prize: $750 School prize: $125

3^rd Prize

Emilie Vigliotta & Caroline Liu

"Changing the Code"

Student prize: $750 School prize: $125

Honorable Mention

Elias Applebaum, Rishika Jadhav & Janna Stewartson

"Unlocking America: Addressing the Disproportionate Incarceration of Minorities"

Student prize: $250

Honorable Mention

Duncan Grant, Matthew Cassidy & Pranav Ramesh

"The 51st State"

Student prize: $250

Honorable Mention

Da-Young Kim & Vierra Queen

"Meeting Halfway: Mending Police-Minority Relations"

Student prize: $250

Honorable Mention

Avery Smedley, Alina Kahn & Hunter Walterman

"A Nation Divided: The Syrian Refugee Crisis"

Student prize: $250

Honorable Mention

Tess Williams & Nicole Tran

"Healing America: Developing a Better Health Care System"

Student prize: $250

2016 - 2 ^nd Prize Winners

Matthew Weinsheimer & Preston Beatty

8th Grade

" The American Criminal Justice System: Are We Doing it Right? "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Thursday, April 07

2016 - 3 ^rd Prize Winners

Walter Osborne, Joey Huang & Charles Shi

8th Grade

" The Immigration Modulation "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Uma Gupta, Tudor Postolache & Malia Magbie

8th Grade

" Pulling the Trigger on Gun Control "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Mariko Yatsuhashi & Ananya Iyer

8th Grade

" The Controversy of the Syrian Refugee Crisis "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

2016 - Honorable Mention Winners

Josie James-Le, Shifra Dayak & Clare Zhang

8th Grade

" Background Checks: Helping? Or Hurting? "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Natalie Ruano, Lydia Levy & Matthew Oudkerk

8th Grade

" Common Core: Finding Common Ground "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Haili Bruckner & Eli Protas

8th Grade

" Earth As We Know It: Climate Change in the Presidential Debates "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Nathalie Molina & Dylan Rich

8th Grade

" Those Undocumented "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Lana Nguyen & Aidan Goldenberg-Hart

8th Grade

" Death on Trial: the Fight for Life or Death "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Kimberly Liu, Maria Cannon & Daniel Greigg

8th Grade

" Transgender in the US: Right or Fright? "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Madeleine de Visa, Emma Frank & Sabrena Carver-Tchagna

8th Grade

" Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

2015 - 1 ^st Prize Winners

Anna Pinkerton & Elizabeth Budin

8th Grade

" Dare to Dream "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Thursday, April 23

2015 - 2 ^nd Prize Winners

Shannon Lamb, Faith Burton & Britney Erickson

8th Grade

" The Washington What? "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Tuesday, April 07

2015 - 3 ^rd Prize Winners

Marlee San Sebastian, Siena Butters & Madeline Merrill

8th Grade

" Voter Identification Laws: A Precaution or a Violation of Our Rights? "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Virginia Henrici & Isabella Levine

8th Grade

" The Safe Drinking Water Act: From Source to Tap "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Nora Bay, Cindy Liu & Gillian Smith

8th Grade

" The Clean Water Act: Protecting Our Wetlands "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Isaac Applebaum, Katharine Hartmann & Lesly Benitez

8th Grade

" Through the Golden Door: The Impact of America's Immigration Policy "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

2015 - Honorable Mention Winners

Addele Hargenrader, Callia Chuang & Jacob Holland

8th Grade

" Education of a Nation "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Aubrey Lay, Hannah McQuaid & Zoe McIntosh

8th Grade

" Debating Equality: The Effects of Executive Order 13672 "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Clarissa Xia, Brynne Schoen & Adair Holton

8th Grade

" A New Domain: Protection on the Cybersecurity Front "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Emma Markus, Elena Nee & Miranda Daly

8th Grade

" Vaccines and the National Vaccine Plan "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Kelly Anderson, Ethan Ellis & Abhin Kurella

8th Grade

" Silver Sprung- The Story of the Revival of an American Suburb "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Kevin Ho, Calvin Bruwelheide & Nina Lane

8th Grade

" Defense Sequestration: The Community and Us "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Manasi Yedavalli, Adelaide Harris & Wilson Rigler

8th Grade

" Freelancers: The Nation's Most Wanted "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

2014 - 1 ^st Prize Winners

Peter Jasperse, Antonia Torfs-Leibman, and Madeleine Hutchins

8th Grade

" The NSA: The Lengths of America's Security "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Wednesday, April 23

2014 - 2 ^nd Prize Winners

Connor Martin and Angelo Tydings-Lynch

8th Grade

" Debt and the Economy "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Monday, April 07

Natalie Daly, Alix Swann, and Max Tiefer

8th Grade

" Global Warming: The Dangers of Melting Ice Caps "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Tuesday, April 01

Albert Zhang, Ysa Le, and Joanne Ha

8th Grade

" Behind the Trigger "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

David Williams and Andrew Vigliotta

8th Grade

" A Message To Congress: The Issues of NSA Surveillance "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Stella Ho, Ryla Cantergiani, and Hayden Azize Haddad

8th Grade

" The War for Peace "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Bennett Miller, Charles Gryder, and William Ederer

8th Grade

" 31328: Gun Policy in America "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

2014 - Honorable Mention Winners

Isabel Present and Axelle Wouappi

8th Grade

" Which Road Should Congress Choose "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Emma Modrick and Abby Landesman

8th Grade

" Cracking Under Pressure "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Valerie Ho, Sofia Munoz, and Samantha Jacobson

8th Grade

" Gun Violence: Tearing Our Country Apart "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

MeiJade Hsu and Dawn Bunch

8th Grade

" Security vs. Privacy: The Ethics of the NSA Surveillance Programs "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Talbot Taylor, John O'Grady, and Victor Omokehinde

8th Grade

" Sketching Our Future "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Sally Egan and Karla Fuentes

8th Grade

" Sequestration The Final Straw "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Sarina Matson and Jamie Wang

8th Grade

" Biodiversity: George and Martha "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

2013 - 2 ^nd Prize Winners

Jessica Ji and Olivia Lindsley

8th Grade

"Healthcare Reform"

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Tuesday, April 23

Olivia Amitay and Elia Griffin

8th Grade

" Crisis In Syria: The Syrian Civil War "

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

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

2013 - 3 ^rd Prize Winners

Grace Weissman and Isabel Lott

8th Grade

"Immigration: The Border Crossing Controversy"

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Monday, April 15

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\

Lauren Frost and Camille Torfs-Leibman

8th Grade

"Fishable, Swimmable,Drinkable"

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

Air Date: Friday, April 5

2013 - Honorable Mention Winners

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

2010 - 3 ^rd Prize Winner

Rebecca Levy

6th Grade

"Ouch!"

Eastern Middle School

Silver Spring, MD

Comcast

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Interview aired: Sunday, April 3