NIDA Takes Home Award for Sex, Meth and HIV Video
Photo: Kitta Bodmer Photography
On Apr. 19, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) representative Josie Anderson, on behalf of the institute, accepted a National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) Gold Screen Award from NAGC President Tabitha Clark at the Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Awards in Portland, Ore.
The Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards are an annual international awards program that recognizes superior government communication products and those who produce them.
NIDA’s Office of Science Policy and Communication received the Award of Excellence in News Video for the 2022 release of Sex, Meth and HIV.
The winning video examined NIDA-supported research on the high incidence of HIV transmission among gay and bisexual men who regularly use methamphetamine through personal stories, statistics and expert commentary.
The video is one of five installments of At the Intersection: Stories of Research, Compassion, and HIV Services for People Who Use Drugs, an HHS-NIDA web video series that offers a person-centered, science-based approach to understanding connections between HIV and substance use.—Judith Lavelle