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News Releases Groundbreaking Documentary on Internet Dating Nick Isenberg has released his newest documentary, “Before You Commit—Internet Dating.” An engaging, but serious, look at dating and Internet dating. How to avoid the pitfalls and make the most of what the Internet has to offer. In the 72 minute video documentary Isenberg shows how to tell if the people at the other end of your email: are who they say they are, are the sex they say they are, are the age they say they are, look like their pictures, aren’t going to rip you off and aren’t scary people. Plus: The advantages of Internet dating for gays and lesbians, and what relationships are likely to be most successful with people who have been in prison. “Nick Isenberg isn’t like most reporters,” said Ken Barker, who was Isenberg’s bureau photographer when Nick was the Charlotte County Bureau Chief for WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida. “He has a special sense for knowing what’s important to people, and not only reports on problems—he finds solutions.” The first problem Isenberg attacks in his video is the need to understand what a healthy relationship is before you can have a healthy Internet relationship: information which applies to all kinds of relationships, including both traditional as well as Internet. Next he looks at the most common concerns Internet daters worry about (“or should be worried about,” says Isenberg.) “If the people at the end of your email are who they say they are, are the sex they say they are, are the age they say they are, and that they look like their pictures.
“The same may be true if your email friend doesn’t
respond to One women interviewed in Isenberg’s research sent her new friend pictures of her and her two children. He (most scammers are men) will use those pictures to try and rip off a man and say that he is a woman and this is my picture and these are my kids. Isenberg even includes how to tell where emails really come from and how to check police and prison records. Nick Isenberg was sharing an office at Colorado Mountain College where Joe was CMC’s Public Information Officer when Joe was getting a divorce. Isenberg said, “When Joe discovered the Internet, life got good. If he had to go to a meeting in Steamboat Springs, he got a date in Steamboat, or anyplace on Colorado’s Western Slope, he would often line up a date for after the meeting. If he was visiting his folks in Denver, he got date in Denver. “Then one day he came to work and said, ‘I had dinner with a woman in Grand Junction last night and she asked me if I had ever murdered anyone.’ She had dated a guy who belonged to a gang when she lived in Los Angeles. “I realized that if you are worried about dating someone who may murder folks—you need to know that before you meet them. That’s what inspired me to produce the documentary,” said Isenberg. In the process of researching Internet dating, Isenberg found two areas where he saw a need for more research, because they had never been covered—the advantages of the Internet for gays and lesbians, and dating people with prison records. “All of the aspects of relationships and specifically Internet dating covered in the documentary apply to the LGBT community,” says Isenberg, but Internet dating offers several additional advantages. The most important—it’s safer. The traditional place for LGBTs to meet is in gay bars, which can be very dangerous, because people are too often assaulted as they go in or leave.” What relationships are likely to be most successful with people who have been in prison was the biggest challenge for Isenberg to research. “I couldn’t find anything anywhere on it. But after four months of research I was finally able to find people who because of their expertise and jobs were able to put together useful tips. “When people kept saying to me, ‘If you meet someone (online) who has been in prison—forget it;’ I realized that’s too many people to forget, or give up on. It’s a problem for anyone who may date someone who has been in prison, but it’s especially a problem for black women who are uncomfortable dating guys who aren’t Black, or guys who aren’t black just aren’t a part of their social life—because almost a-third of black men in the United States will spend time in a state penitentiary or federal prison during their lifetime,” says Isenberg*. He also goes into why black men are likely to end up in prison for things that white men wouldn’t. “Finally,” says Isenberg, The Internet is a great way to meet people, but it’s a lot better way if you use good judgment and be aware of things you may not have thought of. That’s what the video’s about.” A preview of “Before You Commit—Internet Dating,” can be seen on line at www.nickisenberg.com. “Before You Commit—Internet Dating,” can be purchased for $19.95 on line at www.nickisenberg.com *Thirty-two-point-two percent of black males born in 2001 would go to prison during their lifetime, assuming current incarceration rates held steady throughout their lives.” —Christopher J. Mumola -30- Nick Isenberg's television credits include: CBS, NBC, CNN, KREX, Grand Junction, CO; KREY, Montrose, CO; and KUSA, KCNC, KMGH and KWGN, Denver, CO; KGAN, Cedar Rapids, IA and WINK, Fort Myers, FL. Radio credits include ABC, NBC, CBS, Mutual Radio Network, America In The Morning on Mutual Radio, NPR, NPR’S On The Media, American Public Radio programs and networks including Market Place, Christian Science Monitor Radio, Voice of America, High Plains News Service, National Native News and New Voices Radio, AP Audio, the Fox Radio Network, Intermountain News, The Black Audio Network, KOA, KIMN, KHOW, KBTR, KWBZ, Denver; KSPN, KFNO and KSNO, Aspen, CO; KGMJ, Eagle, CO; KTUN in Vail, CO; KZYR, Avon, CO; KREX, Grand Junction, CO; KMTS and KGLN, Glenwood Springs, CO; KSL Salt Lake City, UT, and WINK, Ft. Myers, FL. Print stories include: Skiing Magazine, Skiing Trade News, Ski Area Management, Ski Business, Washington Post, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Aspen Times, Aspen Daily News, the Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, CO; Free Weekly, Class Acts, Glenwood Springs, CO, Mesa Tribune, Mesa, AZ; the Valley Journal, Carbondale, CO; Citizen-Telegram, Rifle, CO; Travel Age East, Travel Age West, Rocky Mountain Business Journal, Playboy, National Enquirer, National Examiner, Globe, Hearing Health Magazine, Living Single and Popular Science. On-line publishing: ABCNEWS.com
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