Larry Magid, EdD, is CEO of ConnectSafely.org and a veteran technology journalist. He writes a weekly column for the San Jose Mercury News and is the host of the twice-weekly ConnectSafely Report for CBS News Radio and a frequent speaker and guest on national and local TV and radio programs in the US and UK.
He served for 20 years as the on-air technology analyst for CBS News and host of the popular CBS show, Eye on Tech. He’s been a contributor to the New York Times and was, for 20 years, a syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times with columns appearing in the Washington Post and numerous other papers around the world.
He has written several books including the best-selling Little PC Book and Larry Magid’s Guide to the New Digital Highways and has written or co-written numerous online safety guides.
Larry served on the Board of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) for 20 years. He’s also served on the Obama Administration’s Online Technology Working Group and the Harvard Law School Berkman Center’s Internet Safety Technology Task Force and advisory boards of PBS Kids, Internet Congressional Caucus and Family Online Safety Institute as well as safety advisory councils for Meta, Google, Snapchat, Twitter, Comcast and Roblox. He has a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
He has received awards as both a journalist and an internet safety advocate including being inducted as a Smithsonian Laureate for his work in online safety as founder of SafeKids.com