Videos

The Close Up Foundation celebrated its 35th anniversary and honored its founder and president, Steve Janger, who was retiring at the end of June 2005. Participants paid tribute to Mr. Janger…

Stephen Janger talked to students about civic involvement. An active member of the Washington D.C. community for most of his life, Mr. Janger discussed the history of the foundation and his …

Close Up Foundation marked 25 years of its programs on C-SPAN. Founder Steve Janger, Frank Bond, and John Milewski talked about the history of Close Up Foundation and C-SPAN, showing video c…

Time Warner Cable CEO Joe Collins and C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb announced the creation of a contest for high school students on the importance of public service. Following the announcement publi…

Mr. Janger talked about the Close Up Foundation’s program to bring teachers and students to Washington, DC to learn about the federal system of government. He also responded to viewer’s tele…

Guests talked about the mission and goals of the Close Up Foundation, which brings students and seniors to Washington, DC in order to educate them about how the federal government operates. …

The 1994 National Citizen Bee final. A competition among fifteen student finalists from thirty states, Guam, and the Virgin Islands sponsored by the Close-Up Foundation. The students answere…

Closeup Foundation hosted a segment where panelists discussed the history and different aspects of the Close Up Foundation. They also took phone calls from viewers. In addition, they showed …

Students from across the United States competed in the 1993 National Citizen Bee Finals, sponsored by the Close Up Foundation. The contest tested knowledge of domestic and international even…

A large group of high school students and College Democrats gathered in the Smith Center at George Washington University to question public figures in a “Youth Town Meeting” sponsored by the…

High school students from around the country competed in the final round of a national citizenship contest in which they answered difficult questions about American history and current event…

The Close up Foundation hosted the 1991 Citizen Bee. The Citizen Bee is a national competition for high school students that tests their knowledge of geography, history, public affairs, econ…

Students participated in the 1990 Citizen Bee National finals hosted by Close Up Foundation. This is the final round of the competition where students answered questions on geography, histor…

The fourth annual Citizen Bee competition, held at the Department of the Interior, tested students' knowledge of American history, government, geography and culture. A $7000 scholarship was …

Students from across the country gathered to answer public affairs questions in the Citizen Bee finals.

The Close Up Foundation hosted a discussion about voting in the United States. Guests included Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and Rep. Mike Synar (D-OK).

Following a chance to question the President, Close Up students reacted to the experience and described what it was like to ask questions. Videotape of one answer from the president was show…

Students questioned the guests on involving youth more in politics.

The panelists discussed their candidates' policies, how convention delegates are chosen and answered questions from the students.

Student Panelists questioned the guests on how the U.S. foreign policies effect Florida.