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Select Media Inc.
Select Media is an award-winning health education company that specializes in producing, publishing, and disseminating research-based materials for targeted audiences.
Select Media has been providing health departments, schools, universities and youth groups with state-of-the-art, award-winning behavioral health films and materials since 1988.
In 2004 Select Media founded HEAR ME, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting positive health among youth and youth at-risk. The HEAR ME Project is a Story Writing Competition for Youth ages 14-22 for HIV and other important issues. Celebrities act as final round judges and include filmmakers, authors, actors, playwrights, and scientists.
HEAR ME Project Mission Statement
Inspire: young people to examine their personal vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and other critical health and education issues.
Motivate: young people to express themselves in writing, music and art so they can share their thoughts and experiences and be heard in a variety of venues.
Create: opportunities for at-risk youth to connect with celebrity film-makers, writers, actors, musicians, playwrights, artists, health scientists and educators about critical issues facing youth and communities today.
Influence: attitudes and social norms of high-risk youth toward personal responsibility, empowerment, future goal setting and other research-driven messages.
Promote: positive health attitudes and behaviors through stories, media, art and music, by, for, and about young people and the communities in which they live.
Evaluate: messages, materials and outcomes.
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