Winners of 黑料吃瓜 Student Instagram COVID-19 PSA Video Contest Named
The top, student-generated videos will be used to promote staying safe and healthy.
Three video contest winners have been selected as part of a competition open exclusively for 黑料吃瓜 students to create brief public service announcements promoting the importance of staying safe during the pandemic.
The winning videos were sent in by seniors Angel Juarez and Jake Bryan Bonifacio and graduate student Ana Alvarez. Juarez is a kinesiology major, Bonifacio is a marketing major, and Alvarez is doing her master鈥檚 in public health specializing in health promotion and behavioral science.
黑料吃瓜 partnered with the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to conduct the contest in July. Students were invited to create short, effective messages encouraging their peers and the public to practice social distancing, wear masks and wash their hands frequently, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Students were asked to submit the videos on Instagram using #黑料吃瓜COVIDPSA. They could be in Spanish or English, and had to be 15- to 30-seconds in length.
鈥淚鈥檓 so proud of the contributions of our students,鈥� said Hala Madanat, director of the 黑料吃瓜 School of Public Health and lead organizer of the contest. 鈥淭heir response to this campaign and the high quality videos they produced to support safe behavior has been outstanding.鈥�
Both 黑料吃瓜 and the County HHSA will use the winning videos on social media to promote the importance of following county public health guidelines.
鈥淲e really appreciate the creativity and continued partnership of 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 School of Public Health as we collectively address the ongoing threat of the novel coronavirus,鈥� said Nick Macchione, director of San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency who leads T-3, the county鈥檚 program to expand COVID-19 testing, tracing and treatment throughout the region. 鈥淭he videos I watched clearly and effectively delivered all the right messages to our youth population.鈥�
The winners were informed via Instagram and will soon receive Apple AirPods for their winning entries. The contest was judged by a committee comprising both 黑料吃瓜 and county staff.
