1990: Twenty-Second Annual National Council on Family Relations Media Awards Competition

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Julie Anson, Judy Brenholt, Bruce Cunningham, Anne Frantz-Cook, Sandra Gill, Bette Hanson, Jan Hare, Judy Herr, Priscilla Huffman, Judy Jax, Candace Jordan, Jan Keil, Leslie Koepke, Yvonne Libby, Marian Marion, Judith Rommel, Robert Salt, Denise Skinner, Nancy Van Beest, John Williams, and Karen Zimmerman** The 1990 annual National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Media Competition was hosted by the Human Development, Family Living and Community Educational Services Department, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, the week of April 9-13, 1990, for the videotape entries and April 30-May 4, 1990, for filmstrip and film entries. The purpose of the annual competition is to evaluate quality and endorse excellence in the production of videotapes, filmstrips, and films with themes relevant to family issues, to promote the effective use of these resources, and to encourage high standards in the development of creative learning opportunities. Entries solicited were placed in onq of the following 12 categories: Human Development Across the Life Span; Parenting Issues; Nontraditional Family Systems; Marital and Family Issues and Communication; Sexuality and Sex Role Development; Abuse/Addiction; Human Reproduction and Family Planning; Stress, Transition, and Crisis Management; Contemporary Social Issues; Families with Special Needs; Abuse and Neglect; Sexuality. NCFR entry guidelines included: Submissions must be first-time entries to this competition and must carry a release date no earlier than January 1, 1988. All entries must be nationally available for purchase, rental, or loan. Producer/distributors may submit only one entry per competition category in each format-A maximum of one videocassette, one filmstrip, and one film per category. Acceptable formats were: 1/2 videocassette, 35mm sound filmstrip (or filmstrips captioned with audiocassette or record), 16mm optical sound. A total of 110 entries were received (98 videotapes and 12 films or filmstrips). Although producer/distributors selected the category for their entry, competition coordinators reserved the right to modify categories or to change the category of an entry. You will note two changes from last year: Category 6 was renamed Substance Abuse/Addiction and a Category 12, Teenage Sexuality, was created, due to the significant number of entries in this area. In a change from previous judging procedures, videotapes were judged separately from films and filmstrips. All entries in a given category were evaluated by the same panel of judges to ensure an equitable judging process. The judging panel included university faculty and students (graduate and undergraduate), media specialists, parents, family services staff, family and individual counselors, social workers, public health nursing staff, and professionals working in the area of child abuse and neglect. Following the viewing of each entry, each judge independently completed an evaluation form on the entry. The evaluation form allowed for numerical ratings on the basis of content (20 possible points), artistic quality (20 possible points), and matching stated goals (20 possible points). Media were required to receive an average minimum score of 51 points (85%) to be declared Category Winner or RunnerUp and an average minimum score of 45 points (75%) to be awarded Honorable Mention status. The following listing indicates Winners, Runners-Up, and Honorable Mentions by category in both videotape and filmstrip/film format. The synopsis of each entry was provided by the producer/director and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of NCFR, the competition coordinators, or the judges.