Two activists from the Seongnam Media Center of the Seongnam Cultural Foundation received the grand prize and an excellence award at the 8th Gyeonggi Village Media Contest on October 28.
According to the foundation, the awards ceremony took place at the media hall of the Seongnam Media Center.
A total of 175 entries were submitted for this contest, with 23 works selected as winners after a thorough evaluation.
The Gyeonggi Governor's Award for the grand prize went to Lee Ji-eun from the village media team Doran Forest for her work titled 'Cut Silence.'
This piece was created using artificial intelligence (AI) technology as part of a training program for village media activists conducted by the Seongnam Media Center.
Yang Hye-kyung, also from the same team, received the Gyeonggi Content Agency Director's Award for her audio content 'Awakening Namhansanseong through Records.' Both activists achieved this recognition in their first year of village media activities.
With this award, Seongnam has won the grand prize at the Gyeonggi Village Media Contest for two consecutive years.
Out of the eight contests held to date, Seongnam has won the grand prize four times, including the first, third, seventh, and eighth contests.
This year, the Seongnam Media Center provided training to village media activists to integrate AI technology into their existing content creation experience.
Participants in the training went through a process of creating content using AI, and this award serves as a tangible outcome of their training and creative efforts.
This recognition highlights the significance of village media activities, where citizens create and share local stories as content.
Notably, the selection of a work created through AI training for the grand prize underscores the potential for citizen media education to lead to creative endeavors.
Yoon Jeong-guk, the foundation's CEO, stated, "It is meaningful that the result of citizens directly creating local stories and expanding their expression through the new tool of AI has led to consecutive grand prize wins."
He added, "We will continue to expand support so that all citizens can participate in media creation."
The foundation plans to continue supporting village media activities and media education, enabling citizens to create and share content about local stories and interests.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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