Student changemakers nationwide tackle topics that are important to them

Healthcare and environment top two issues addressed.

Parim Shah and Nimay Sharma will receive $5,000 for the Grand Prize documentary, “Where's My Data? Data Privacy and its Real World Impact."

C-SPAN announces the winners of the 2023 StudentCam documentary competition, in which nearly 3,000 students from around the country participated. Again this year, 150 cash prizes totaling $100,000 will be awarded to students and teachers.

The competition, now in its 19th year, asked students to engage in a national conversation on the challenges our country is facing with the theme: "If you were a newly elected member of Congress, which issue would be your first priority and why?" Through this project-based learning experience, students explored multiple perspectives on topics that are important to them and considered solutions to address them.

The 2023 grand prize winners are Parim Shah and Nimay Sharma, students at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Germantown, Maryland, where C-SPAN is available through its partner Comcast. They will receive $5,000 for the documentary, "Where's My Data? Data Privacy and its Real World Impact." This documentary will air on C-SPAN on April 21 at 6:50 a.m. ET and throughout the day