Larry Magid

Larry Magid (born 1947), also known as Lawrence J. Magid, is an American journalist, technology columnist and commentator. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Los Angeles. He received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley (1970) and a doctorate of education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1981). Magid is on the board of directors of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In 1994 he wrote the first popular publication on Internet safety called Child Safety on the Information Highway for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. That was followed in 1998 with Teen Safety on the Information Highway. Both publications have been revised and reprinted many times. He serves on the advisory boards of PBS Kids, the Family Online Safety Institute and the Congressional Internet Caucus, The Hub (children's TV network) and the Facebook Safety Advisory Board.

Broadcast

He is the on-air technology analyst for CBS News and is heard every weekday on KCBS Radio, the CBS-owned all-news station in San Francisco. He also provides analysis for CBS Evening News, BBC and other broadcast outlets.

Print and online

In 1981 Magid was hired to secretly write the manual for the IBM PC version of EasyWriter, so was among those aware of the computer's existence before its August 1981 debut.[1] His technology columns and reviews appear regularly on CNET News.com, Forbes.com, Huffington Post and in the San Jose Mercury News.

He is also the founder of SafeKids.com and SafeTeens.com, and co-founder and CEO of ConnectSafely.org. His technology website is LarrysWorld.com. All three websites provide information about Internet safety.

From 1983[1] to 2002 Magid wrote technology columns for the Los Angeles Times, and has written numerous columns for the New York Times. He is former editor of PC Magazine and has contributed to numerous other publications.

Books

Magid has written or co-written several books including:

References

  1. 1 2 Magid, Lawrence J. (2001-08-09). "The Start of a Love-Hate Affair With a Computer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

External links

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