"The Court TV/Ladies' Home Journal Safety Challenge: Back To School" To Premiere On Wednesday, August 21.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 25, 2002 Court TV: Network Special Event Focuses on How Parents Can Keep Their Children Safe During the School Year Hosted by ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. News' Cynthia McFadden Cynthia McFadden (born May 27, 1956 in Lewiston, Maine) (adopted) is a correspondent for ABC News. McFadden currently co-anchors Nightline and Primetime. McFadden graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1978. Court TV is extending its award-winning Safety Challenge series to an area every parent cares about - keeping children safe. As the nation heads back to school in the fall, Court TV and Ladies' Home Journal Ladies' Home Journal U.S. monthly magazine, one of the oldest in the country and long the trendsetter among women's magazines. Founded in 1883 as a supplement to the Tribune and Farmer (1879–85), it began an independent publication in 1884. are joining forces for the third time to present a unique interactive television event designed to educate parents on what they need to know to keep their children safe during the school year. ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. senior legal correspondent, Cynthia McFadden, will help viewers navigate through a variety of real-life scenarios on The Court TV/Ladies Home Journal Safety Challenge: Back to School (Wednesday, August 21 at 10:00 PM ET/PT). Back to School brings viewers face-to-face with real-life situations, addressing several key safety issues including: traveling on school buses; riding on scooters; teen driving; educating kids on the dangers of talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to strangers; being bullied by other kids; and coming home alone after school. This riveting one-hour event will provide parents with essential safety information and hopefully leave them more empowered. Safety Challenge: Back to School audiences can play along by using an interactive question and answer structure, which has become the program's signature and unique format. Experts will provide important information and tips that can help give families the tools they need to protect themselves in this changing world. National safety experts Shirley Igo, Robert Sinclair Robert Sinclair († 1398) was a late 14th century bishop of Orkney and bishop of Dunkeld. Before becoming a bishop, he was dean of the bishopric of Moray and had obtained a Bachelor's degree in Law. and Ken Wooden speak with Cynthia McFadden in-studio during the show. Igo, President of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA PTA or parent-teacher association: see parent education. ), Sinclair, Public Information Officer for AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. , and Wooden, former investigative reporter and founder of Child Lures Prevention, will give expert advice on safety issues targeted to kids and teens. Viewers will have the opportunity to take the online "safety challenge" during and after the television broadcast by logging on to Court TV's website at www.courttv.com, or through AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Keyword: COURT TV. The quiz questions, along with the correct answers and additional information, resources and interviews, will also be posted. As it has for the first two installments of the Safety Challenge, Ladies' Home Journal will again be Court TV's media partner on the program. The magazine will feature an article that complements the Special in its September 2002 issue. Court TV's and Ladies' Home Journal's websites also will be linked and will offer helpful tips and other valuable information. Contributing to the special are numerous safety experts including:
- Lenny Bernstein, President, New York State Directors of Pupil
Transportation;
- Wendy M. Craig, Ph. D., Assoc. Professor of Psychology,
Queen's University at Kingston;
- Dr. Steven Miller, Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian at Columbia
University;
- Jeffrey Parker, Ph. D., Developmental Psychology, Penn State
University;
- Heather Paul, Ph.D., Executive Director, National SAFE KIDS
Campaign;
- Annette Sandberg, Deputy Administrator, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration;
- Robert Stuber, former San Francisco police officer and
national expert on abduction prevention; and
- Allan Williams, Chief Scientist, Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety; and
The Court TV/Ladies Home Journal Safety Challenge: Back to School is the third installment of the acclaimed, award-winning Safety Challenge series. The first Safety Challenge was honored by the Columbus International Film & Video Festival with a Chris Award, and recently the 2002 Angel Award. Cynthia McFadden, senior legal correspondent for ABC News, is again serving as host for this special. Currently a correspondent for ABC's "Primetime Thursday," McFadden joined ABC News in February, 1994 as the network's legal correspondent and has served as a contributor for "PrimeTime Live," "20/20" and as one of the hosts of "20/20 Downtown". Previously, Ms. McFadden had been an anchor and senior producer at Court TV, beginning with the network's inception in 1991. During her tenure at Court TV she anchored more than 200 trials, among them the William Kennedy Smith William Kennedy Smith (born September 4, 1960) is an American physician whose work focuses on landmines and the rehabilitation of people disabled by them. He is a member of the prominent Kennedy political family and is famous for a well-publicized 1991 rape trial in which he was rape trial, the Menendez brothers murder trial and the Rodney King Rodney Glen King (born April 9, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an African-American taxicab driver who was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sargent Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. trial. The Court TV/Ladies Home Journal Safety Challenge: Back to School was produced by ABC News Productions for Court TV. Lisa Zeff is executive producer for ABC News. For Court TV, Carolyn Kresky is the executive producer. Ed Hersh is the senior vice president of documentaries and specials. Founded in December 1883, Ladies' Home Journal magazine has been inspiring, informing and entertaining women for 118 years. Published monthly by Meredith Corporation Meredith Corporation NYSE: MDP is based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company has two divisions, publishing and broadcasting. Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing Successful Farming magazine. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : MDP MDP Mot de Passe (French: Password) MDP Markov Decision Process (artificial intelligence) MDP Management Development Program MDP methylene diphosphonate MDP Millennium Democratic Party ). Ladies' Home Journal has a circulation of 4.1 million and a readership of 14.5 million. Court TV (www.courttv.com or AOL Keyword: Court TV), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system of justice through distinctive programming that both informs and entertains. As the destination for programming that focuses on the investigative process, Court TV broadcasts trials by day and such brand defining original programs as Forensic Files and popular off-network series as NYPD Blue in the evening. Court TV is 50% owned by AOL Time Warner, and 50% owned by Liberty Media Corp. The network has over 72 million subscribers. |
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