As part of its 50 Capitals Tour and in partnership with Comcast, C-SPAN is bringing its educational motor coach to Washington. The bus will be in Olympia and Seattle from March 27-30, and in Spokane and Coeur D’Alene on April 2.
C-SPAN and Comcast will engage schools, community members and elected officials through interactive demonstrations of C-SPAN’s multiplatform public service resources as the newly renovated, state-of-the-art, 45-foot customized C-SPAN bus welcomes visitors at events.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee will tape an interview aboard the bus on March 28 for C-SPAN’s signature morning call-in program, “Washington Journal.” The program will air the morning of March 29 on C-SPAN.
StudentCam Competition—congrats to Rebecca Craig!
C-SPAN is also hosting a StudentCam competition in Washington. C-SPAN will honor Issaquah High School student Rebecca Craig on March 29 for her winning entry in C-SPAN’s annual student video documentary competition, StudentCam. During the visit, C-SPAN will present a StudentCam certificate of merit to the students during a ceremony of classmates, teachers, family members and elected officials. The winning video will also be viewed during the congratulatory event.
Each year, since 2006, C-SPAN partners with local cable providers in communities nationwide to invite middle school students (grades 6-8) and high school students (grades 9-12) to produce short documentaries on a subject of national importance. This year, students addressed the theme, “The Constitution & You: Choose a provision of the U.S. Constitution and create a video illustrating why it’s important to you.”
In response, C-SPAN received a record of 2,985 video submissions from over 5,700 students in 46 states and Washington, D.C. One hundred fifty students and 53 teacher prizes were awarded, totaling $100,000 in prize money. Visit www.studentcam.org to watch all the winning videos for 2018.
Go see the bus!
March 27
7:45a-9:15a | Olympia High School
1302 North Street SE Olympia, WA 98501
10:30a-12p | Chinook Middle School
4301 6th Avenue NE, Lacey, WA 98516
1:00p-2:30p | Capitol High School
2707 Conger Ave NW, Olympia, WA 98502
March 28
9:30a-10:00a | Washington Journal Interview with Gov. Inslee
Winged Victory Circle on Capitol Grounds
March 29
9:30a- 11:30a | University of Washington
4001 E Stevens Way/ Husky Student Union Building
March 30
8:30a-10:30a | Kent-Meridian High School
10020 SE 256th St/In front of School
10:30a-11:30a | Open Bus Tours
Winged Victory Circle on Capitol Grounds
April 2
9:00 a-10:30a | Palisades Christian Academy (not open to the public—press invited)
1115 N Government Way, Spokane, WA 99224
About C-SPAN and the Bus
To launch its newly built Bus, C-SPAN embarked on a “50 Capitals Tour” in September 2017 and is heading to every U.S. state capital, culminating in November 2018 for the 25th anniversary of the Bus program. Throughout this 14-month tour, the C-SPAN Bus will open its doors at each state capitol to welcome visitors and interview elected officials during C-SPAN’s signature morning call-in program, Washington Journal. C-SPAN Representatives will also gather video responses from visitors as part of its “Voices from the States” – an opportunity for visitors to share viewpoints on state issues and what they think Washington leaders should do to address local concerns.
