MTV, as part of its Emmy-winning 'Choose or Lose" campaign, has formed "Street Team '08": a specially recruited corps of 51 digital journalists - one from every state and Washington, D.C. - who will cover the national presidential and local races from a youth perspective throughout 2008. Armed with a laptop and video camera, and charged with uncovering the untold political stories that matter most to young people in their respective states, the one-of-a-kind press corps will submit weekly multi-media reports tailored for distribution online and via mobile phones.

The "Street Team '08" program is made possible with the help of a $700,000 Knights News Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Street Team '08 members are independent journalists. Any views and opinions expressed here are their own, and not those of MTV or The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.