Washington Journal: High School First Prize StudentCam Contest Winners

The high school section first prize-winning video, [Requiem for the Honeybee], was shown. The producers, Charles Greene and Eliza McNitt, 12th-grade students at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut, were interviewed by remote video from Stamford, Connecticut. Kevin Hackett of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Research Service particpated in the C-SPAN studio for an in-depth look at the issue of colony collapse disorder (CCD) and the impact it has on society. Kim Flottum, the editor of [Bee Culture] magazine and author of numerous books on beekeeping, participated by telephone. He talked about his experience as a crop grower and the impact of bees, as well as the impact of colony collapse disorder (CCD) on farmers. C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam video documentary contest was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary exploring an issue of national significance that they believe is in need of urgent attention from the new