I am a citizen journalist for MTV's Street Team '08. In total there are 51 of us – canvassing each state and Washington, DC (that’s me). MTV and The Knight Foundation hired each of us for an experiment in guerilla, multimedia journalism.

I studied Journalism and Political Science at Indiana University. I darted out to DC months after graduation, attracted to the a city full of brilliant minds, hard core journalists, curiosity matched with questions and the opportunity to make my own path. 

If you see a girl with a backpack of gear break into a sprint on K Street-- or the Mall -- or hell, in the Metro, wave hello. That's me, Erica America, on the hunt. I see potential in everything and everyone, but want to cover stories that are untold. Underexposed. And of course, all things that speak to us -- the young people who are often not addressed by politicians and mainstream press.

Here. Goes. Nothing.

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Veteran Issues

Mission Possible -- Iraq Veterans--6/24

Young Surge in the Anti-War Movement -- 6/17

GI Bill -- Body Armor or Brain Power? -- 5/13

National News From a Local Eye

The Campaign for a Rival -- Hillary's New Move -- 6/10

Crime and Punishment in the Democratic Party -- 6/3 

Congress Debates Education Budget -- 3/12
A Campaign In Crisis -- 3/4
Clinton's Last, Best Hope -- 2/26

DC's Super Tuesday is Here -- 2/13

Dawn of the DC Primary -- 2/12 
Kennedy Endorses Obama -- 1/29

Features & Profiles

The Memorial Day Mix -- 5/27

A Star, the Pope and Earth Day -- 4/22

Gay Rights, Civil Rights

Subject: Did You See? -- 5/20
Supreme Civil Liberties -- 5/6