The SHINE Awards ("Sexual Health in Entertainment") are annual media awards given by
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, and ''Daily Freeman'' ...
since the mid-1980s, resulting from a partnership between the
Kaiser Family Foundation
KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation), also known as The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, is an American non-profit organization, headquartered in San Francisco, California. It prefers KFF since its legal name can cause confusion as it is no longer a ...
and
Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth is a nonprofit organization and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., United States, dedicated to sexuality education, the prevention of HIV and of sexually transmitted disease, teenage pregnancy prevention, youth access ...
. They honor "those in the entertainment industry who do an exemplary job incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality into their programming."
References
David Proval: 'Reality TV' means honest depictions of sexuality USA Today, October 24, 2002
A&U magazine, October 2004
External links
Adult industry awards
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