Media Coverage of Stop It Now!

Mentions of Stop It Now! in the News

For media inquiries contact Deborah Donovan Rice, Executive Director, at 413.587.3500 x1.

2012

"Child Porn Charges: Advice for Parents," Interview with Fox 25 TV News Boston (September 17, 2012)
"Confusion and Fear Contribute to Lack of Sexual Abuse Reports," Bangor Daily News (August 17, 2012)
"Sports groups take steps to protect youth," The Gazette, (August 9, 2012)
"Penn State trustees revealed to have awarded $5.5 million to Joe Paterno," Examiner.com (July 14, 2012)
"NCAA looking for answers from Penn St," Yahoo! Sports/AP (July 12, 2012)
"NCAA wants to hear from Penn State now that scandal report is out," Washington Post/AP (July 12, 2012)
"NCAA Awaits Penn State Answers On Jerry Sandusky Scandal After Freeh Report," Huffington Post/AP (July 12, 2012)
"Sandusky Cover-Up? Why People Look the Other Way in Child Sex Abuse?" Live Science (July 12, 2012)
"Parents: Be vigilant for signs of child sexual abuse," Omaha World Herald (July 2, 2012)
"Key benefit from grim Sandusky sex abuse case: Awareness," (lists Warning Signs) DesMoines Register (June 26, 2012)
"Protecting children from sexual predators," by Rebecca Hagelin, Opinion in The Washington Times (June 17, 2012)
"Abuse victims elsewhere riveted by Sandusky trial," Associated Press (June 15, 2012)
"Child Advocates Give Thumbs Down to New Adam Sandler Movie," by Jim McKay in Huffington Post - The Blog (June 11, 2012)
"In Wake of Sandusky Scandal, Questions about Effectiveness of Laws Requiring Abuse Reporting," Chicago Tribune (AP) (June 9, 2012)
"Top 5 Tips for Media Covering Sandusky Trial," The Ms. Foundation (press release) via PRNewswire (June 7, 2012)
"Alliance Seeks to Make Child Sexual Abuse Prevention a National Priority; New Federal Policies Needed," Digital Journal via Yahoo! News (June 5, 2012)
"Broken Trust, Shattered Lives," SportingKids (March, 2012)
"Family Child Sexual Abuse: Silence Can't be an Option," Philadelphia Inquirer (March 15, 2012)
"Investigators: Sex Offenderⁱ Survey," Fox 9 News Minnesota (February 28, 2012)
Comment in "Quandary Considered: A Child's Disturbing Games," Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting, New York Times (February 27, 2012)
Interview with Stop It Now! Program Director, Montana Public Radio, (January 31, 2012)
"Conference at UM aims to empower all to prevent child sexual abuse," Missoulian (January 28, 2012)
"Experts explain how to protect children from sex predators," KPAX TV (January 27, 2012)
"Sexual abuse: don't avoid the subject," Central Penn Parent (January 2012)

2011

"Child Abuse Prevention," Sports News Politics Radio (minute 59:53) (December 23, 2011)
"Despite scandal, US makes headway vs. sex abuse," Associated Press in Huffington Post (November 17, 2011)
"Be diligent when entrusting your children to others," The Herald-Times (Bloomington IN) (December 11, 2011)
"Stopping Child Abuse," Radio Bilingüe (December 7, 2011)

Penn State- Sandusky Case

"Battling child abuse," The Columbia Chronicle (November 28, 2011)
"Roundup of sex-abuse allegations" CNN (November 18, 2011)
"Penn State case brings new victims forward," CBS News (November 18, 2011)
"Ponying Up: the truth about child sex offenders," Rate My Horse Pro (November 18, 2011)
"Child-protection laws under scrutiny in wake of scandals," CNN (November 18, 2011)
Interview of Deborah Donovan Rice, Executive Director, CNN Newsroom (November 18, 2011)
Interview of Sarita Hudson, Director of Public Engagement, CNN Español (November 17, 2011)
"Despite scandal, US makes headway vs. sex abuse," Associated Press on ESPN.com (November 16, 2011)
"Resources exist for victims," Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) (November 16, 2011)
Interview of Yvonne Cournoyer, Program Director on KARE TV (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) (minute 14:00) (November 15, 2011)
"Misconceptions make sex abuse offenders difficult to detect," USA Today (November 15, 2011)
"When abusers are 'like us,' how can they be stopped?" MSNBC (November 11, 2011)
"Warning signs of sexual abuse often overlooked," CNN (November 11, 2011)
"Penn State sex abuse scandal - a conversation," KARE-11 TV Minneapolis (November 10, 2011)
"Penn State sex scandal raises questions about NJ law," New Jersey 101.5 (November 10, 2011)
"Penn State scandal sparks discussion about signs of child sex abuse," USA Today (November 10, 2011)
"Penn State abuse scandal and what parents can do," Washington Post (November 7, 2011)