Dangerous Liaisons

U.Va. wins award for Web security video.

Posted 2/15/08
This is an image of Ryan Stinnett

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Photo by Jack Looney

“What happens on the Web stays on the Web.” Don’t bet on it.

That’s the message of an award-winning new video by the University of Virginia’s Office of Information Technology and Communications. The Job Interview took a first-place award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group for University and College Computing Services.

Ryan Stinnett (MFA Drama ’10) stars as a job applicant whose satisfaction at impressing his interviewers turns comically dark when the committee asks him to explain an entry on his personal blog, “MidnightConfession.com,” and a picture on “Meandallmyfriends.org.”

“We created this video to get our message across to students in a humorous, to-the-point way,” says ITC Webmaster Scott Crittenden, who wrote and directed the 70-second piece, leading a 12-member team.

Watch the video.