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If you are in the media, we'd be happy to give you any information or quotes, or be guests on a show related to Internet safety. Given our media experience and special training in cyberlaw/safety, privacy, and security, we can definitely help by answering your questions! We are the experts and would be thrilled to help you educate the public.

Please contact us through Parry. You can email Parry or call her directly (201) 463-8663. For more information, please visit WiredSafety. In addition, we have lots of great story ideas for freelancers. Don't hesitate to contact us about those!

Our media experience includes: MTV, WABC Nightly News, UPN 9 Garden State Matters, NY Times, NY Post, Seventeen Magazine, Teen People Magazine, YM Magazine, The Christina Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, & other national media.

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News
2005
  Kids Put Online Safety First July 4, 2005 - Information Week
Products and services are increasingly influenced by a Net-savvy generation of teens who know the risks of this 21st century playground.
( http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=164904402 )

2003
  Need An Answer? Ask A Teenager - Information Week
13 October 2003
Not only are these teens savvy, but I was impressed at their commitment to educate other children and parents about keeping kids safe online and helping them understand what kinds of behaviors are legal and ethical.
( http://informationweek.com/ )
 
Teens chosen to share views with Congress -
The Post-Crescent
22 September 2003
The pair plan to deliver to legislators and technology leaders on the floor of the U.S. Senate as part of a Wired Kids Summit Oct. 6-9 in Washington , D.C.
 
Just for the love of the game -
The Post-Crescent
16 June 2003
The group's work was recognized on crime crusader John Walsh's TV show last week.
 
PR Newswire
11 October 2002
Third Annual Wired Kids Summit Provides Forum for Children to Share Internet Safety Tips With Industry Leaders and Government Policy Makers. The Summit will include three panels - Keeping Kids Safe Online, Kids Online in Schools and Just for Fun. Led by the TeenAngels, a special group of teens who have been trained by the law enforcements to address Internet safety, cyber crime, and educational and recreational use of the Internet with their peers.
( http://tbutton.prnewswire.com/prn/11690X24875457 )

2002

  Teenangels to the rescue - Associated Press
Web-savvy youth teaching peers about online computer safety. They are the Teenangels, a growing team of young volunteers worldwide who -- armed with Internet savvy and a little common sense -- protect their peers online.
( http://www.news-star.com/stories/072601/you_angels.shtml )
 
Teenangels search for cybersafety -
ZDNet
05 Sep 2002
... Tyler is one of about 60 active Teenangels, a group of volunteers who work to ensure
the safety of children & teenagers on the Web by producing educational...
( http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1105-956670.html )
 
Teenangels make cybersafety a number one priority -
USA Today
09 Sep 2002
... As if sexual predators & computer viruses weren't enough for the youngest set of Web surfers to worry about, they also have to be on the lookout for their peers...
( http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2002-09-05-teenangels_x.htm )
 
NetTrends - Teenangels make cybersafety No.1 priority - Reuters News
04 Sep 2002
"These kids are Internet safety experts. I'd put them up against anyone else," said Parry Aftab, who started Teenangels four years ago in New Jersey.
( http://tbutton.prnewswire.com/prn/11690X24875457 )

2001
  Teenangels make the web safer for kids - VUNET
21 Sep 2001
... A team called Teenangels is to join the Home Office taskforce on internet child protection....
( http://www.computeractive.co.uk/News/1126069 )
 
But Will They Listen to Kids? -
Wired News
23 Jul 2001
... They call themselves Teenangels, but "guardian angels" may be more appropriate...
( http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,45349,00.html )
 
Young Living Teenangels to the resue! -
News-Star
26 Jul 2001
... Web-savvy youth teaching peers about online computer safety...
( http://www.news-star.com/stories/072601/you_angels.shtml )