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 at 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 for 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.
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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 and other broadcast outlets.
His technology columns and reviews appear regularly on CNET News.com, CBSNews.com and in the San Jose Mercury News. He is also a contributor to the New York Times. He is also the founder of SafeKids.com and SafeTeens.com, and co-founder (with Anne Collier) of ConnectSafely.org. His technology website is PCAnswer.com All three websites provide information about Internet safety.
From 1983 to 2002 Magid wrote technology columns for the Los Angeles Times. He is former editor of PC Magazine and has contributed to numerous other publications.
Magid has written or co-written several books including: