Archive for December, 2009
Monday, December 21st, 2009
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Story/Person Wanted: Strong love rat stories
Media outlet: Newspaper Story.
More info: Looking for love rat real life story for 2010.
Special criteria: Must not have spoken to another national newspaper. Must be willing to be named and pictured.
Story/Person Wanted: Great real life features.
Media Outlet: Women’s Magazine Story.
More info: We are on the hunt for some really interesting real life features that can slot in between now and new year. We are open to any suggestions whether it’s hard hitting, tear-jerking or inspiring. As always, it needs to have that extra something special about it that will really get the readers’ attention.
Story/Person Wanted: A woman whose addiction to crystal-meth destroyed her looks.
Media outlet: Glossy magazine story.
Special criteria: Woman, aged under 35.
Story/Person Wanted: Girls who’ve tried party drug Mephedrone (Meow)
Media outlet: Glossy women’s magazine story.
More info: We are working on a feature about party drug Mephedrone. After the death of Gabi Price (which was linked to the legal drug) I want to speak to other girls who’ve tried it. They’d need to have had a dramatic experience – palpitations / paranoia / hallucinations and be willing to warn others about the dangers of the drug. Alternatively, we are looking for a girl who’s still using it happily, despite the risks.
Story/Person Wanted: Parents and young person to talk about drinking habits.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We need a family (parents and young person, ideally in late teens) to talk about how the young person was given alcohol by their parents under the age of 15. And has subsequently turned into a big drinker.
Special criteria: Young person ideally needs to be 17/18/19 but early 20s could work.
Story/Person Wanted: Ant and Dec lookalikes.
Media outlet: Women’s Magazine Story.
More info: Must be dead ringers for the TV duo, with a good strong real life story too!
Monday, 21st December 2009
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Below you will find today’s story requests from the national press.
Visit www.famousfeatures.co.uk to sell a story, or get paid to be a case study in one of the requests below.
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Story Wanted: A funny baby story.
Media outlet: Women’s Glossy Magazine.
More info: We are looking for a funny baby story – it can be along any line, just anything that will make our readers laugh!
Special criteria: It must be told by a mum between 18 and 35.
Story / Person Wanted: I\’m looking for a case study about little kids who do grown up jobs
Media outlet: Women’s glossy magazine
More info: We are working on a feature about children who have grown up jobs. They could be olympic swimmers, mini-ice dancers, little DJs, budding entrepreneurs. Anything along those lines would be great!
Story / person criteria: Story must come from mum (ideally aged 18-35)
Story / Person Wanted: We are looking for girls who have a saucy job and were caught out by their man
Media outlet: Women’s glossy magazine
More info: I\’m working on a feature about girls with secret sexy jobs who\’ve been caught out by their man.
You could be a stripper, a raunchy glamour model or even a flirty chat line worker. But your man must have uncovered your naughty job.
Applicants MUST be married and able to provide a marriage certificate and wedding collect.
Story / person criteria: Age range is 18-35.
Story / Person Wanted: A British air hostess, or former air hostess, who can describe a typical “day in the life”
Media outlet: Broadsheet Newspaper.
More info: We want to describe the minutiae of a day in the life of an air hostess, the highs and lows and why it is such a stressful job. It is for tomorrow’s paper, so we need to hear from them asap. Thanks.
Story / Person Wanted: I am looking for a transsexual ( who went from a man to a woman)
Media outlet: Glossy women’s magazine
More info: We are looking for a transsexual who felt they were trapped in the wrong body from a very young age. They will have gone from being a man to a woman.
Story / person criteria: They need to be aged between 18 and 35
Wednesday, 16th December 2009
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Here are the latest PAID stories that we are looking for right now. If you, or anyone you know, fits the story profile, get in touch and earn cash today. Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to register your details.
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We are looking for this story / person: A girl in her 20s who has spent a significant amount of time in prison.
Magazine or Newspaper: Woman’s Magazine.
Story Details: We are looking to speak to a girl in her 20s who has spent some time in jail. The Magazine piece will be an insightful look into how her life was behind bars and how it has affected her now she’s been released.
Story Criteria: Must be in her 20s and willing to be photographed.
We are looking for this story / person: We are looking to speak to a woman who got or is getting divorced.
Magazine or Newspaper: Woman’s magazine.
Story Details: The trigger needs to have been in some way the Christmas/New Year period – so the decision was made in January. We need to speak to them in the next two days.
Story Criteria: Woman aged 21 to 45
We are looking for this story / person: A good phobia story.
Magazine or Newspaper: Glossy Women’s Magazine
Story Details: Any woman who has got a really unusual phobia.
Story Criteria: a woman aged between 18 and 35
We are looking for this story / person: a young woman who was sexually abused by a woman in a position of responsibility.
Magazine or Newspaper: Sunday Newspaper Magazine.
Story Details: Piece about female abusers.
Story Criteria: Preferably aged under 35.
We are looking for this story / person: I am looking for a great pet story.
Magazine or Newspaper: Women’s Magazine.
Story Details: We are looking for a really good pet story for a short feature. It can’t be about a rabbit or a mini-pig or about fat pets, but anything else to do with animals would be great.
Story Criteria: The feature must be told by a woman aged between 18 and 35.
We are looking for this story / person: A good non-violent crime feature.
Magazine or Newspaper: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
Story Details: We are looking for a feature that would work for one of our magazine’s crime sections. We want anything along the lines of a con man / woman, an arson, burglary – anything that doesn’t have any violence in it.
Story Criteria: It must be told by a woman aged between 18 and 40.
Tuesday, 15th December 2009
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Here are today’s latest story requests. Find out how to sell a story at: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk
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Story Wanted: Inspirational Slimmers.
Where the story will appear: Women’s Magazine.
Story info: Women aged 20-35 approx who have lost weight and:
-Found their first boyfriend.
-Landed the job of their dreams. NB getting the job must not have been possible without losing weight. Eg becoming a teacher after losing weight would not work as it is possible to be an overweight teacher. The weight loss and job type must be connected.
In addition, we are also interested in any case studies of women in this age bracket who lost weight and it saved their life. Eg they discovered a lump which led to a cancer diagnosis.
All case studies must have before and after pics of their weightloss. We can credit any relevant organisation.
Special criteria? : Female. 20-35 approx.
Story Wanted: A girl/woman who was overweight and had no confidence to date. Lost weight got first boyfriend.
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper.
Special criteria: under 30, good before and afters, boyfriend will be pictured.
Friday, 11th December 2009
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Funny or heart-warming xmas stories with good pictures.
Media outlet: Women’s Magazine.
More Info: We’re looking for a last minute xmas story. Ideally we’d like something with great, festive pictures. In the past we’ve done xmas surgery, nudist xmas…etc…so something along those lines. It needs to be strong enough to fill a spread – no shorts please.
Special criteria: Preferably featuring women age 20-40, but if it is a really funny story etc we might be able to make exceptions on this.
Story / Case Study Wanted: A woman who made a victim impact statement that was used in court, where she herself was the victim.
Media outlet: Women’s magazine.
More info: Feature about people’s experience of victim impact statements.
Special criteria: Woman aged 21 to 45
Tuesday, 8th December 2009
Monday, December 7th, 2009
Today’s story requests from national media. Get paid to feature in any of these magazine & newspaper articles. Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you fit the profile, or tell us about a different story that you would like to get published for cash.
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Uplifting real life story for January
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
More info: We are looking for a really fun, lively real life story for the January issue of a glossy women’s magazine – not too scandalous or about cheating but anything goes as long as it’s a good read.
Story / Case Study Criteria: She must be no older than 29. Second rights considered.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Inspirational Slimmers.
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper.
More info: We are looking for inspirational slimming stories. We need women aged 20 to 35 approx who have lost a significant amount of weight and transformed their lives in the following ways:
-Lost weight and conceived my first child.
-Lost weight and landed my dream job (eg became an airhostess after previously being too heavy).
-Lost weight and got a boyfriend.
We do not want case studies who have had gastric bands/bypass surgery, they must have lost the weight through diet and exercise. Please contact me asap by end of Mon 7 Dec ideally. We will need before and after collects of case studies.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Female 20-35
Story / Case Study Wanted: A heart warming love story of a couple who fell in love this year.
Media outlet: National women’s magazine
More info: We are looking for amazing love stories where the couple met this year (for our Christmas wishes came true feature).
We need the woman to be between 19-35 and ideally they have got in touch with a long lost love this year and their romance has been rekindled. Perhaps he was half way round the world but she/he tracked them down and now they’ve met up and are together.
Maybe she was single for years until she found her childhood sweetheart again this year.
Whatever the story, we’d love to hear about it.
Story / Case Study Criteria: 19-35
Story / Case Study Wanted: Someone earning £150,000 or over to be a case study for Wednesday’s pre-budget report.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
More info: The person would need to to give their reaction to announcements in the pre-budget report next Wednesday. 5-10 minutes on the phone. They would need to provide rough details of their job and salary (although we could keep this a little vague if it is sensitive). It will be a forum for them to give their views on the Chancellor’s report, and we could obviously mention their business etc if they wanted us to (although it must be their personal income that is £150,000 or more not the company’s profits)
Story / Case Study Wanted: Lost weight to conceive first child.
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper.
More info: Fabulous is urgently looking for a woman aged 20-35 approx who lost weight in order to be able to conceive her first child. She must have lost weight through diet and exercise not through surgery.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Female. 20-35 approx
Story / Case Study Wanted: “I fell in love with my brother”. A girl who had a relationship with her brother.
Media outlet: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: I’m looking for a girl who had a relationship with her brother/ half brother/step brother.
She should be in her 20s and willing to be photographed.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Must be in her 20s. Second rights considered.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Lost weight to land my dream job.
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper Magazine.
More info: We are urgently looking for a woman aged 20-40 who lost weight and landed her dream job.
E.g. maybe she was too heavy to be an airhostess or a dancer. She must have lost weight through diet and exercise, not surgery.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Female 20-40.
Monday, 7th December 2009
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
See the latest story requests from national media. Get paid to feature in any of these magazine and newspaper articles. Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you fit the profile, or tell us about a different story that you would like to get published for cash.
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We are looking for: Domestic violence case studies – repeat offenders.
Media outlet: Women’s Magazine
Story / Article Info: We are looking for women who’ve been the victims of repeat offenders. Ideally, I we need a case study of a woman who got into a violent relationship and found out her partner had been violent towards women before. They’d need to have a previous conviction.
Criteria: Women aged 18-35
We are looking for: People allergic to Christmas!
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
Story / Article Info: Looking for case studies of people allergic to Christmas – could be Christmas trees, turkey, mince pies etc. We already have case studies for lights, balloons, candles and nuts.
We are looking for: People who have been attacked by dogs – or whose dogs have been attacked.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
Story / Article Info: We are looking for a series of case studies on dog attacks. They should be willing to talk about the incident, how it has affected their life and any changes jn dog control they would like to see.
Criteria: Adults and children welcome. Must be willing to be photographed.
We are looking for: Miracle weight loss stories.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
Story / Article Info: We are looking for miracle weight loss stories for a New Year issue. Needs to be before and after pictures and more to the story than just the weight loss – i.e. found love, saved their life etc.
Thursday, 3rd December 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Here are the latest story requests from national press. You can get paid to feature in any of these magazine and newspaper articles. Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you fit the profile, or tell us about a different story.
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We are looking for this story: Woman who finds out her husband is having an affair with a man.
Media outlet: National Newspaper
More info: We are looking for a woman who finds out her husband is having an affair with a man. If she found out on her wedding night/day would be ideal. But just before the wedding or just after would be fine too.
Special story criteria: Woman aged 18-35 (can be flexible on age).
We are looking for this story: A woman aged 18-35 who was raped at a Christmas or New Year party.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
More info: The case study will need to be named, interviewed by phone and photographed. It doesn’t matter if they have appeared in another publication or if it happened a few years ago, although anything exclusive and more recent would be preferable.
Wednesday, 2nd December 2009
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
The latest story requests from national press. Get paid to feature in these magazine and newspaper articles. Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you fit the profile, or tell us about a different story.
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Story / Person Wanted: An older woman – in her 40s – who is dating a guy in his late teens early 20s. Get paid to feature in this article.
Story / Person Wanted: We’re looking for women who believe in angels and have a strong story as to why they believe. Need to be pictured and identified. Women 18-40ish. Get paid to feature in this article.
Story / Person Wanted: A woman whose child/children have been snatched by her husband and taken abroad. Get paid to feature in this article.
Story / Person Wanted: Looking for a teen or early 20something who has tried the party drug ‘miaow miaow’ – mephedrone. It’s an article about mephedrone and why its use is on the rise amongst young people.
Story / Person Wanted: Need someone who started using cocaine when they were 15 or 16. We’d like to know when they got started, how, how much they spent on coke, how a 15/16-year-old can afford it, if the price has come down for young users, how much they spent on average a week on their habit? We’d also like to know if they know what they’ve really been taking, if they know that the quality of the gear has deteriorated? Can they also give us an idea of how widespread it is among school children or young teens. Figures suggest it’s on the increase.
Tuesday, 1st December 2009
