SHINE Awards
Encyclopedia
The SHINE Awards are annual media awards given by The Media Project
since the mid-1980s, resulting from a partnership between the Kaiser Family Foundation
and Advocates for Youth
. They honor "those in the entertainment industry who do an exemplary job incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality into their programming."
The Media Project
The Media Project is a weekly radio program that provides an inside look at media coverage of current events. Panelists on the discussion-based show include Times Union Editor Rex Smith, WAMC CEO Alan S. Chartock, WTEN TV Anchor Elisa Streeter, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld...
since the mid-1980s, resulting from a partnership between the Kaiser Family Foundation
Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation , or just Kaiser Family Foundation, is a U.S.-based non-profit, private operating foundation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It focuses on the major health care issues facing the nation, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy...
and Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth is a nonprofit organization and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., USA, dedicated to sexuality education, the prevention of HIV and of sexually transmitted disease, teenage pregnancy prevention, youth access to condoms and contraception , equality for LGBT youth, and...
. They honor "those in the entertainment industry who do an exemplary job incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality into their programming."