One of the middle school section third prize-winning videos, The 'Public Option'; Insuring a Healthier Nation, was produced by Guthrie Kornbluth and Eric Kahler, seventh grade students from Willard Middle School in Berkeley, California.

C-SPAN Classroom's StudentCam video documentary contest was a national competition in which middle and high school students produced a documentary focusing on one of the country's strengths or a challenge the country is facing. The local cable company was Comcast.