KU journalism students turn to video to get out the vote

Seems like everyone is getting into election mode.A group of beginning journalism students at Kansas University were told to research their generation and prepare an ad that would entice them to vote. The class instructor, Prof. Barbara Barnett, said the students were instructed not to support a single candidate, but only to encourage voter participation.The students had the option to create a print ad or a video spot. Not surprisingly, a number of the students chose video. Take a look here at some of their work. A lot of it is pretty good.What would you do to get students to vote? If you’ve got a video encouraging voter participation, upload it to YouTube and [send me a link.][1] [1]: /staff/jonathan_kealing/contact/