Joshua Stokes' Outstanding Documentary Work Brings C-SPAN Bus To DHHS

Thanks to some outstanding documentary work by Daniel Hand High School student Joshua Stokes, the C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus visited Madison last week.

Stokes's entry was a third place high school winner. The contest drew more than 1,000 entries from 43 states.

Stokes worked on the assignment with Daniel Hand High School Civics Teacher Paul Coppola, Daniel Hand High School Television Production Teacher Luke Arsenault, and Madison Public Access Board of Directors Chairman Abigail White.

Stokes' video can be viewed on the C-SPAN contest website.

Stokes also did a Skype interview with C-SPAN that can be viewed on C-SPAN video.

StudentCam is an annual documentary competition that encourages students to create short films about political and public policy matters.

This year's theme, "The Constitution and You," asked middle and high school students to select any provision of the U.S. Constitution and illustrate why it is important to them.

In addition to recognizing Stokes' outstanding documentary work and congratulating him in front of their peers on May 15th, Stokes' classmates at Daniel Hand High School had the opportunity to tour the Campaign 2012 Bus and learn about C-SPAN's public affairs programming and resources.

Stokes focused on the First Amendment to the Constitution for his work:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.