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Appear in one of these features and earn cash: 11/2/10

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Our latest story requests:

Get paid to feature in any of these magazine or newspaper articles.  Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and find out how much we will pay you. 

You can also send us any other real-life story ideas at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk and you will earn cash if we can publish them for you.

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Person or Story Wanted: Women who have experienced suicidal thoughts and tried to take her own life.  

Where it will appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine story.

More info: We are looking for a woman in her late 20s/early 30s who had suicidal thoughts when she was younger and who tried to take her life. She’s now received help/support and thinks that failing was the best thing that happened to her. Perhaps she’s helping other women now who feel suicidal? Or maybe she’s living her dream life/career or has become a mum.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who have taken revenge on an ex.

Where it will appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine story.

More info: We are looking for women aged 20-40 who have taken revenge on an ex after her treated her badly, eg by cheating on her, and in the most imaginative way possible.

Two women recently put up posters warning others off their ex after they discovered he’d been seeing both of them at once…an American woman put up billboards of her with her now ex after she found out he was actually still married…   so we are looking for women who have been quite creative in their revenge tactics!

 

Person or Story Wanted: Looking for spooky love stories – so I need a woman who found love through a psychic / tarot reader / astrologist etc.

Where it will appear: Glossy women’s magazine story.

Person or Story Wanted: Primary school mums.

Where it will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.

More info: We’re looking for girls who gave birth age 10-15 to talk about how they coped with being such young mums. They’d need to be over 16 now so they can be identified.

We’re looking for a range of experiences – so perhaps one gave up her baby for adoption, and feels like that was the best thing she could have done for both of them, but another might have struggled on and is really proud of what she’s achieved.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Case study of a woman who has been a victim of domestic violence.

Where it will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Urgently need a female victim of domestic violence. Ideally with injury pictures.  Perpetrator MUST have been convicted and we also need a picture of him.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Adult phone line workers.

Where it will appear: Glossy women’s magazine story.

More info: We are looking for women who work for adult phone lines, who are happy to be pictured in Reveal and discuss their career move.

- perhaps they’ve taken it up because they’re working around child care?

-perhaps they’ve retired and wanted a bit of money on the side?

We want to hear from women of all ages who have tried it out as a career. Please send any applications with name, age and a picture.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Someone who used to be a member of ‘The Silver RIng Thing’ who has now abandoned it.

Where it will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking for someone who joined the Silver RIng chastity movement when it first came to Britain a few years ago but who has now left and who is prepared to discuss why. It’s part of a wider piece on whether abstinence pledges work in the long run.

Criteria: Preferably female, but not crucial. Most silver ring pledgers are teens so looking for someone under/early twenties. Ideally they would be prepared to be photographed but again not crucial.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Looking for women willing to have a fertility test – contact details only.

Where it will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are running a general fertility piece on different women with different lifestyles. I am in need of a a forty odd year old who doesnt drink or is v healthy and willing to have a test and have results printed.  Also looking for someone in their 40s who has drank heavily or smoked all their lives for same reason.  Also looking for a healthy/tee total 30 odd year old for the feature.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Five teenage girls with strange eating habits.

Where it will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: I am looking for teenage girls with mad eating habits.  Maybe they don’t eat carbs to stay Posh Spice stick-like, perhaps they only eat takeaways as they don’t like anything else, or maybe they haven’t eaten anything but salad for two years.

We would want to speak to these teens, analyse their diet with our experts and then do a bloodtest to see if there are any other problems. We would then work to create a nice healthy plan for them.  Need case studies asap.

Criteria: Must be 13-18, female, not anorexic etc or obese.

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Appear one of these newspaper articles and earn cash: 27/01/2010

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Earn cash for appearing in any of these magazine or newspaper articles and features. All you have to do is visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and let us know which story you are interested in taking part in.

You can also let us know if you have any other stories to sell.  We are looking for all kinds of different stories to publish.  There couldn’t be an easier way to make cash! Sell a story today.

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Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for a woman who discovered her partner’s cheating through text messages.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for a case study who discovered their partner was cheating by pretending to be the man and texting the mistress – just like Elin did to Tiger Woods.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A British woman/couple adopting an orphan from Haiti.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Article.

More info: Seeking British couples or single women who are in the process of adopting a child from Haiti. No age limit. Fee of up to £1000 to case study on publication.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women, 19-35, who met their partner as a result of a tragic event.

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.

More info: For a feature on couples that met during what might be described as one of the worst days of their lives, we are looking for women, aged 19-35, who met ‘the One’ as a result of a tragic event. Perhaps they were both involved in an earthquake, a fire, a bombing, a flooding, etc., working as a volunteer and tending to the injured, or else they lived through the event itself.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Teenage Girls Addicted to Surgery

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.

More info: We are looking for mums whose teenage daughters are obsessed with plastic surgery. Ideally they need to be desperate to transform themselves – they might want a boob job / nose job / face lift by the time they turn 16 and be saving up their pocket money for plastic surgery.

Criteria: The girls need to be 16 and under and the mums aged around 21-40.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Family of a woman who has died from gynaelogical cancer (NOT CERVICAL)

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.

More info: We are issuing one last request for the family-husband, sister and daughter ideally-of a woman who passed away recently from gynaelogical cancer (but not cervical cancer).

This is for a feature on the other victims of cancer-the family, who are often forgotten about.

We want the woman who died to have been no more than 45 approx when she passed away, and her family, sister and daughter to all be under that age too (approximately).

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who spent money on alternative “fertility boosting” products/practitioners .

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for women who have spent time and money on alternative fertility aids eg fertility statues, vitamins, spells, chinese herbs etc etc and they did not fall pregnant as a result (they could have fallen pregnant later though or on IVF). Ideally they would feel they had wasted money or been conned but they may feel the optimism was worth it.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A three generation family living together in one house.

Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Monthly

More info: We are looking for a female case study to feature in our next issue. It’s for a piece about three generation families so I’m looking for a couple who have pooled their finances with their parents/in-laws to buy a bigger property that they all live in together, or which has an annex attached. Can you help at all?

Criteria: They must be over 35 They must be living with their children and BOTH their or their partner\’s parents They must have bought the property within the last six years.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Three generations of women who will all talk about love/relationships through the years.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.

More info: We’re looking to interview a gran, mum and daughter about their experiences of dating and relationships and how they’ve changed through the years.

Criteria: Gran, mum and daughter with a wide range of relationship experiences.

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Generous Fee Paid for Appearing in Magazine Articles: 26/01/2010

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Get paid a generous fee for appearing in any of these magazine or newspaper articles and features.  Simply visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and let us know which story you are interested in taking part in.

You can also let us know if you have any other stories to sell.  We are looking for all kinds of different stories to publish.  What an easy way to make cash!

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Person or Story Wanted: Couple willing to try relationship therapy.

Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: I’m looking for a long term couple aged between 35 and 55 who would be willing to have a session of relationship therapy and then talk about how it has helped in a women’s weekly magazine. The case study will be paid and you will be able to read the copy before publication.

Person or Story Wanted: A family who refuse to have the Internet at home, and a family who are hooked on the web.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Following news about the broadband tax, I\’m looking for two families from opposite ends of the broadband spectrum.

1) A family who refuse to have the Internet at home, not for financial reasons, but because they don’t believe it’s a good thing. They prefer to get their kids doing sport or other activities rather than spending hours scouring the web.

2) A family who couldn’t live without the Internet. Mum might use it for shopping, dad might rely to his emails, while the kids are hooked on spotify and facebook.

We would need to picture them at home today and a quick chat on the phone. We can pay them for doing this.

Person or Story Wanted: Case studies of women who have used diet pills with negative side effects.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: After a recent study says that a quarter of women use diet pills, I need several case studies of women who have used them with unpleasant side effects. One Alli case study is fine, but we’d like a couple of other diet drug examples as well and it would be good if they bought them online.

Person or Story Criteria: Age bracket pretty broad (20-60 years old).

Person or Story Wanted: Valentine real life stories.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Features.

More info: Love stories with a twist for a Daily Newspaper’s 14th February issue.

Person or Story Wanted: Mail order brides.

Where the story or article will appear: Men’s magazine story.

More info: We are looking to do a piece about a man who has married what is known as a “mail order bride”

Person or Story Criteria: It has to be a British man between the ages of 18 and 30.

Person or Story Wanted: Desperately seeking: An obese patient forced to EAT MORE in order to have NHS weight loss surgery.

Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: The Royal College of Surgeons claim obese patients are being made to eat more and gain weight so they can have weight-loss surgery on the NHS.  We’re looking for a strong case study of a patient who deliberately gained weight after being told they did not qualify for surgery because they weren’t fat enough. We’re particularly keen to hear from patients whose health suffered as a result – for example, suffering diabetes, stroke, heart problems etc etc.  The more extreme the weight gain the better, especially if it was over a short period of time.

Person or Story Criteria: Ideally, the patient should be under 30 and female but we’d be happy to hear about any case studies.

Person or Story Wanted: a funny crime story involving an animal.

Where the story or article will appear: Women’s Magazine story.

More info: We\’re looking for a funny crime story involving an animal in some way. Anything like a pet who was killed that turned into a bit of a whodunnit or someone who was beaten up by someone dressed up as an animal.

Person or Story Criteria: We need to be able to tell it from a woman aged between 18 and 35.

Person or Story Wanted: We are looking to speak to a woman who became a mum in her 50s or older.

Where the story or article will appear: Woman’s Magazine Article.

More info:  It doesn’t matter if she was already a mum or if this was her first baby. It also doesn’t matter whether the baby was conceived naturally or through IVF. Ideally the baby would need to be about a year old. We are looking for someone who hasn’t appeared in any other women’s magazines.

Person or Story Wanted: Chemical peels gone wrong.

Where the story or article will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for three women who each had bad experiences of chemical facial peels – did it leave your face scarred, seriously swollen, in a lot of pain, or requiring further treatment to repair damage done by the peel? Phone interviews and pics required. Generous payment offered.

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Appear in a Magazine or Newspaper and Earn Cash Today

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

We are looking for the following stories right now.  If you, or anyone you know, fits the profile – simply let us know by filling out our online form at: www.famousfeatures.co.uk

You can also let us know about any other real life stories that you would like to publish in a magazine or newspaper. You can sell a story today.

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Story or Person Wanted: Mums with high blood pressure or diabetes and their daughters aged 18-35.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s magazine feature.

More info: Reveal magazine are putting together a health feature based on mothers and daughters.

We’re looking for mums who has had high blood pressure or diabetes who both have a daughter aged 18-35; both mums and daughters need to be able to attend a photo shoot and interview in London one week day in early Feb.  Expenses and payment available.

Case study criteria: Mums can be any age but daughters must be 18-35.

 

Story or Person Wanted: A woman who divorced her hubby and then married him again.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s magazine story.

More info: For a Valentine’s Day feature on love second time around.

Case study criteria: Up to age 45 or a young-looking 50.  Needs to be available for interview this week.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Looking for a case study who has had a divorce party to give a quick five minute interview.

Where the story will appear: Newspaper article.

More info: We are running a piece on the changing face of divorce, we are looking for a female case study aged 18-45 who has had a divorce party and is happy to talk to us for five minutes about it and provide a pic of themselves.

 

Story or Person Wanted: I am looking for a woman whose house was burgled.

Where the story will appear: Glossy magazine story.

More info: I am looking for a women who’s house was burgled and the robbers took off with whatever they could find while she hid/didn’t confront them for fear of being attacked etc.

Generous fee to case study paid – must be aged 22-40.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Any real life story, involving a young woman aged 19-35, who is available for pics/interview by Thur.

Where the story will appear: Glossy women’s magazine.

More info:  We’ve got a last-minute hole in our schedule that needs filling by Thursday lunchtime (eek!). So, we are looking for any first person real life stories involving young women aged 19-35, where either good pics already exist; or the woman concerned is available to be shot in the next 24 hours. Any suggestions welcome!

 

Story or Person Wanted: Female chef that lost weight despite working with food.

Where the story will appear: Glossy women’s magazine story.

More info: We are looking for a female chef who lost a lot of weight despite working with food.  They will need to be able to attend a photo shoot in February.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Case studies of girls who’ve had underage sex.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s magazine feature.

More info: We are working on a feature about under age sex and looking for case studies as young as possible. They need to have had sex young and be willing to talk about their experiences – do they regret it / has it ruined their body / did they get pregnant etc?

Case study criteria: They can be aged up to 35.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Gay man turned straight.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info:  There was a piece in the Times earlier this week in which Patrick Muirhead wrote about how he’s going straight after years of being gay as he wants a wife and family. On the back of this story we are now looking for a man who also went straight after years of a homosexual lifestyle and now has a wife (and ideally a child as well).  Phone interview required and ideally a photograph too although we are flexible on this given the sensitive nature of the feature. Payment upon publication. 

 

Story or Person Wanted: Woman or man who wants to propose to their other half in the Newspaper on Valentines day.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper (News of the World).

More info: We are looking for men and women who want to propose to their other half in the magazine’s Valentines issue.  Make it a super-special proposal, and we may even be able to throw in a free diamond ring from a top jewellers.  This must be a genuine proposal!

Case study criteria: Men/Women Aged 19-40

 

Story or Person Wanted: Female stalking victims.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We are URGENTLY looking for female victims of stalking. We’re particularly interested in speaking with a victim of cyber stalking, ie through facebook/My Space etc…but are open to other options.  This is for an issue going to press imminently so please contact us asap if you know anyone suitable.

Case study criteria: Female 18-40.

 

Story or Person Wanted: Girls aged 18-25 who have taken mephedrone to talk about their experience.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper magazine supplement.

More info: We are putting together a news report on the rise of new ‘legal high’ drug mephedrone (known as bubble and meow meow) and am hoping to speak to a couple of female case studies who have tried it to talk about what it was like.  We will need them to be identified (named and pictured) and there would be payment involved.

Case study criteria: They need to be aged between 18-25, be female and willing to be identified

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These stories wanted. Earn Cash Today. 15/01/2010

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Would you like to feature in a magazine article and earn cash today? Get paid to appear in any of these magazine & newspaper articles (see requests below), or send us your own story ideas. Sell a story today.

Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you are interested.

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Person or Story Wanted: Women who can tell us how Facebook ruined their lives.

Where the article will appear:  National Newspaper Story.

Criteria: Must be under 35 with good stories about being stalked, bullied, privacy invaded, or marriage/relationship broke up due to Facebook

Person or Story Wanted: “Love against the odds – they said it would never work”

Where the article will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking for women (aged 21-29) who are in successful relationships that people said would never work.  Perhaps they have successfully held down a long distance relationship, fell pregnant very early on in the relationship and made the relationship work, fell in love with someone their family initially disliked or met ‘the one’ on the rebound from another relationship.

We would need to photograph both you and your partner at a photo shoot and can pay a fee, plus your travel expenses.

Person or Story Wanted: Someone who became addicted to antidepressants and who suffered extreme side effects.

Where the article will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine article.

More info: We are looking for a woman who, after being on antidepressants, has suffered extreme side-effects – anything from death to massive strokes or suicide attempts, which can definitely be linked back to the antidepressants.

Criteria: Women aged between 18 and 35

Person or Story Wanted: Husband/sister/children of woman who died of a gynaelogical cancer.

Where the article will appear: Sunday Newspaper.

More info: We are looking for the families of a woman (aged no more than 45) who died of gynaelogical cancer. We want to speak to her husband/fiance/partner and her sister, and photograph them with her children. This is for a feature on the forgotten victims of cancer-the family.

Criteria: All case studies and the deceased to be no older than 45 approx.

Person or Story Wanted: I am looking for a woman, who decided to abort her child when she found out it would be disabled.

Where the article will appear: Women’s Weekly Magazine.

More info: We are looking for someone who took the decision to abort a baby knowing that it would be disabled and therefore would have a bad quality of life. It would good to find two women, one who stands by her decision and one who regrets it.

Criteria: The women would have to be happy to be identified and pictured. Also, they have to be exclusive to us.

Person or Story Wanted: A woman who has been attacked by another woman/women, eg mugged, targeted on night out.

Where the article will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We are putting together a report on the rise of female violence and looking for a woman aged 20-39 who has suffered violence at the hands of another woman or women.

This could be a random attack on a night out, walking past a group of girls who start being aggressive, or an attack in a bar or club, but something that was totally unexpected (as well as totally undeserved).

We would want to interview her about what happened, and photograph her.

Criteria: Case study must be female, aged 20-39, live in the UK.

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Magazine & Newspaper Story Requests: 12/01/2010

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Earn cash today. Get paid to feature in any of these magazine & newspaper articles, or send us your own story ideas.  We also have requests from TV companies today.

Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you are interested.

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Person or Story Wanted: Women aged 20-32 who have a ’surrogate’ mum figure in their life.

Where the story or feature will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: The feature is called ‘You’re like a mum to me’. We’re looking for 3-4 case studies of girls who have a different/surrogate mother figure in their life. Maybe their real mum lives abroad and their boss acts as a surrogate mother figure, or they’ve sadly lost their mum and their mum’s best friend has stepped into the breach. Maybe it’s a best friend or a sister who acts as a mother figure for them. Or just a real mentor – someone who’s helped them set up a business, or offered loads of support for it. There are lots of different possibilities for it.

Special criteria: Aged between 20 and 32, female.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Television Production Company are looking for Teenagers who have an extraordinary body for their age.

Where the story or feature will appear: Television.

More info: Maverick Television the makers of hit programmes such as how To Look Good Naked, Ten Years Younger and Embarrassing Bodies are looking for teenage contributors who feel they have an extraordinary body, in particular teenagers who have an extraordinary body for their age.

We are looking for a wide range of possible contributors, some examples of the sorts of people we are looking for are: transgender teenagers, obese teenagers who perhaps are having or have had a gastric band, teenagers that have a facial disfigurement, burn victims and pregnant teenagers.

If you feel that you have a contributor that we could work with please do get in touch with www.FamousFeatures.co.uk as soon as possible.

Special criteria: Must be teenagers, must have an extraordinary body story, would help if their age was a main factor in their story.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women aged 25-35 who discovered their partners were leading a secret life.

Where the story or feature will appear: Women’s magazine story.

More info: Looking for five women to give an interview about finding out their husband/boyfriend was leading a double life. Examples include discovering he had a secret second family, that he was gay, that he had cheated with lots of women etc.

Special criteria: Aged 25-35 and British.

 

Person or Story Wanted: We are URGENTLY looking to speak to a woman whose boyfriend won her back after he was unfaithful.

Where the story or feature will appear: Women’s magazine story.

More info: We are looking for a girl whose boyfriend cheated on her, but won her back by making big romantic gestures. He might have sent her flowers everyday, called non-stop, bought her expensive presents, or just sent romantic letters. The bigger the gesture, the better!

She’d be invited to a photo shoot where we’d do her hair, make-up and pick out some fab outfits. The shoot is PAID and she can keep a copy of the professional pictures we take on the day.

Special criteria: Female, aged 20-28, ideally still with the boyfriend and available on Wednesday.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Woman between 35 and 50 addicted to OTC painkillers such as Nurofen Plus.

Where the story or feature will appear: Women’s magazine story.

More info: This piece is a smart, investigative piece about the increasing number of women in the UK who are addicted to or dependent on over-the-counter painkillers such as Nurofen Plus. It looks at how and why these dependencies occur and what women in that situation can do.

Special criteria: Must be aged more or less between 35 and 50 years old. Must be able to provide head shot. Must be female.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Mum and daughter for photo shoot and interview for Reveal, must be of an ethnic background.

Where the story or feature will appear: Women’s magazine story.

More info: We are putting together a health feature on mothers and daughters and their health (e.g if they have any of the same health problems, if they are concerned about passing any ailments on genetically).

We are looking for a daughter aged 18-35 (the mother can be any age), from an ethnic background to take part in a shoot and interview at the end of January.  All expenses will be paid for, and mother and daughter will both get hair and make-up as well as some great pictures.

Special criteria: Must be a mother and daughter. Daughter must be 18-35. Both to be from an ethnic background.

 

Person or Story Wanted: a have-a-go hero who was subsequently cautioned by the police because of their actions.

Where the story or feature will appear: Glossy women’s magazine.

More info: Based on the news reports that Myleene Klass waved a knife at intruders and then was cautioned by the police herself, we are looking for have-a-go heroes who were then cautioned by the police. Their actions need to have been reasonable and not too aggressive.

Special criteria: Women aged between 18 and 50.

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Earn Cash: We are looking for these stories right now… 11/01/2010

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Gat paid to feature in any of these magazine & newspaper articles, or send us a different story idea.

Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you are interested.

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Person or Story Wanted: A young woman who’s looking after her siblings.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We’re urgently searching for a young woman who is now caring for her siblings after her parents have died or are otherwise unable to look after them.

Criteria: Must have been granted custody of her siblings and allow them to be named and pictured. Ideally aged 18-25.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Obesity related case studies.

Where the story will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We are working on a feature about obesity and how the problem is spreading into funerals – bigger coffins / larger burial plots etc. We need to speak to anybody who’s buried a relative that was largely overweight and how the funeral was affected by their size.

Alternatively, I would like to speak to anyone who’s severely overweight and worried about the problems their size could cause to a funeral and the affect this could have on their family.  Bit of an odd request I know! But if anyone has any obesity related stories at all, we’d be interested in taking a look at them.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Teen boy who has Botox injections.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper story.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Sex and the City lookalikes.

Where the story will appear: Woman’s Magazine Article.

More info: We are looking for lookalikes of Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha from the show, Sex and the City. It would be great if they had a story but the looks are obviously more important for this feature.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Valentines Stories.

Where the story will appear: Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: Looking for any really romantic proposal stories for a Valentines day feature.

Criteria: Case studies must be between the ages of 18 and 35.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A mum who’s child took part in the strangling game with friends and hurt themselves.

Where the story will appear: Women’s magazine story.

More info: There is a new internet craze, which shows teenagers strangling each other in order to give themselves a high. We are looking for a case study of a mum who’s daughter took part in this and really hurt themselves.

Criteria: The mum must be aged between 18 and 35.

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Paid Story Requests: 21/12/2009

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Get paid to feature in these, or any other real-life magazine & newspaper articles.  Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to submit your details.

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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!

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Story Requests from the National Press: 16/12/09

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

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Story Requests (15/12/09): Earn Cash Today.

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.

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