2 Grand Prizes, 1 Question: What Does the Good Side of the Internet Look Like?

It's the final week for Trend Micro's annual What's Your Story? Internet video contest closing April 16.

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WHAT:	Trend Micro's fourth annual "What's Your Story?", an award-winning, user-generated video contest that gives youth a platform to showcase not just their filmmaking talents, but how they have harnessed the positive power of the Internet through creative storytelling.
	This year, Trend Micro is asking contestants to answer one question through their short created films, for two $10K grand prize opportunities: What does the good side of the Internet look like?  Contestants will be judged by how well they demonstrate the positive ways we use the Internet, dispell the myths surrounding Internet dangers, as well as how effectively they have promoted and crowd-sourced their individual entries via social media.
	Not a film maker but want to get involved? Participate by viewing and voting on your favorite videos. Visit the video gallery at http://whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com/internet-safety/Gallery.do.
HOW:	To learn more about the contest and/or to submit a video, visit http://whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com.
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PRIZES:	"What's Your Story?" will award two grand prizes of $10,000 - one for an individual filmmaker, and another for a K-12 educational institution. Additional cash prizes will be granted for the runners up.
WHO:	The contest is sponsored and supported by Trend Micro Internet Safety for Kids & Families program and participating organizations. This year's judging panel includes: MediaSmarts (based in Ottawa), the Center for Media and Child Health, Committee for Children, Common Sense Media, ConnectSafety, Cyberbullying Research Center, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo.
DEADLINE:	April 16, 2012, (11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time). Winners will be announced in early May.

Trend Micro's Commitment to the Internet Safety of Kids and Families

To support its vision of making the world safe for exchanging digital information, Trend Micro aspires to make a difference by using its expertise to make the world at large a better place.  Trend Micro has made a commitment to make the Internet a safer place for young people around the world through its world-wide employee volunteer program, grants and donations to eligible organizations, and partnerships with those who share its vision and mission.  For Trend Micro's free Internet safety tips, tools and advice, visit: www.trendmicro.com/go/safety

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers.  A pioneer in server security with over 20 years' experience, we deliver top-ranked client, server and cloud-based security that fits our customers' and partners' needs, stops new threats faster, and protects data in physical, virtualized and cloud environments. Powered by the industry-leading Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ global threat intelligence data mining framework, our products and services stop threats where they emerge - from the Internet. They are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe.

 

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