{"id":20391,"date":"2016-05-16T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=20391"},"modified":"2016-05-16T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:54:00","slug":"agriculture-department-makes-zika-psas-available-to-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/05\/16\/agriculture-department-makes-zika-psas-available-to-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Department Makes Zika PSAs Available to Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As part of the state\u2019s Zika Virus Awareness campaign, the Maryland Department of Agriculture has released a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) encouraging the public to join the state\u2019s efforts to prevent the spread of Zika virus. The 30-second clips offer tips on how to remove and prevent mosquito breeding areas on personal property. There is also a bonus \u201cSkeeter Song\u201d parody video. The department has made the PSAs available in several formats for any media outlet interested in posting or sharing them.<\/p>\n<p>Video versions of the PSAs are posted on the department\u2019s website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mda.maryland.gov\/zika\">www.mda.maryland.gov\/zika<\/a>. There is an option to download the MP4 file or stream via YouTube. Audio files are available to stream or download via <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mdagdept\/sets\/zika-virus-awareness-psas\">SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the department has made the PSA scripts available for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mda.maryland.gov\/plants-pests\/Documents\/Zika_PSA_Scripts.pdf\">download<\/a>. These can be used for live spots or re-recordings.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Jason Schellhardt at <a href=\"mailto:jason.schellhardt@maryland.gov\">jason.schellhardt@maryland.gov<\/a> or 410-841-5744.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MdAgDept\">@MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 As part of the state\u2019s Zika Virus Awareness campaign, the Maryland Department of Agriculture has released a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) encouraging the public to join the state\u2019s efforts to prevent the spread of Zika virus. The 30-second clips offer tips on how to remove and prevent mosquito breeding areas on<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/05\/16\/agriculture-department-makes-zika-psas-available-to-media\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20392,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20391\/revisions\/20392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}