Archive for the ‘Latest Media Requests’ Category
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Here are today’s story requests from the national newspapers and magazines. Contact us at: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk and sell a story to the press today.
UPDATED DAILY
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Three generations of one family on the dole.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
Story Info: We are looking for three or more generations of one family who are all on the dole.
Special criteria: They must have been made redundant during this recession and want to find work.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Lottery winners
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
More Info: We are looking for untold lottery winner stories. Whatever the story – spent all their money, still shop for bargains etc – we are interested in hearing it.
Special criteria: Must not have been in a national newspapers recently. If covered in a small way they won, this may be OK. Must be willing to be named and pictured.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Women who solved their own crimes / caught their own attacker.
More info: We are writing a feature for a glossy magazine about women who solved their own crimes / caught their own attacker. There is a case study payment on offer and this is an ideal opportunity for women to mention the company or charity they have become involved with or launched since becoming a victim of crime, as well as sharing their story with over 300,000 readers.
Story or Case Study Wanted: I spend Loads on My Kids’ Bling!!
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper Supplement.
More Story Info: We’re doing an article about ‘bling’ kids like Suri Cruise and Kai Wayne Rooney. We’re looking for a case study of a mum who spends a fortune on her kids in designer boutiques.
Special criteria: Mum must be willing to be identified and talk openly about what she spends on her kids.
Tuesday, 24th November 2009
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Today’s Story Requests from the National Press. Sell a story to a Magazine or Newspaper and Earn Cash Today.
Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to submit your details.
UPDATED DAILY
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Amazing and Inspiring women of 2009
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper Magazine.
Story / Case Study Description:: We are currently writing a piece about the most inspiring women of 2009 who have achieved incredible things this year. Specifically we’re looking for women that have perhaps campaigned to change a law after a personal tragedy, set up an amazing life-changing charity or something similar. All case studies will be paid.
Story Criteria: Needs to be women aged 18-40 who haven’t really appeared anywhere else, aren’t doing any similar features and would be available to do a shoot either this Friday or the following Monday.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Fun, quirky, unusual stories with a strong new year line in them.
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
Story / Case Study Description:: We are looking for any strong short features with a good new year line. They can be about anything apart from romance. Let us know your story ideas and earn cash today.
Story Criteria: Women aged 18 to 35.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Women aged 19-35 for a feature titled: “My Christmas wish came true!”
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
Story / Case Study Description:: We’re researching an upbeat, positive, four-case-studies-in-one report for a Glossy Magazine Christmas issue. We’re looking for four women, age 19-35, whose circumstances have changed hugely for the better during 2009.
So, maybe they wished for:
- LOVE. Perhaps they were single at Christmas 2008, and made a resolution to go on a real mission to find love this year, going on loads of dates/setting up their own dating agency/writing a dating book etc – and are now with the man of their dreams.
- MONEY. Perhaps they were in a dead-end, badly-paid job in 2008, but this year they set up an amazing new business/found an amazing new job and are going to end this year making a huge profit/enjoying their new salary/perks.
- FAMILY. Perhaps they always knew they were adopted/had a sibling, and in 2009 they were finally reunited with their birth mum/long-lost sister, etc.
- A BABY. Perhaps they had been trying for kids for years, and this year they finally became a mum in an interesting way, eg: adopting a baby from China; using a sperm donor; etc.
- WEIGHT LOSS. Perhaps a year ago they were overweight and unhappy, but this year, for an interesting reason, they finally shed several stone and now have the body of their dreams.
We will pay each case study for their time and our deadline is the end of this week.
Story Criteria: Case studies should be 19-35 years old, willing to be shot and to provide collect photos if required.
Monday, 23rd November 2009
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Latest Story / Article Requests from the National Press. If you would like to Sell Your Story to a Magazine or Newspaper, send your details to www.FamousFeatures.co.uk. We will consider any story, but we are currently looking for the following ones in particular….
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Wild office Xmas party stories!
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper.
Article Info: We’re looking for stories for a light-hearted piece about things that happen at Xmas office parties. Someone who slept with the boss and it went horribly wrong / got so drunk, did something wild and were the talk of the office the next day etc.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Stories about children binge drinking at Christmas.
Media outlet: National Daily Newspaper.
Article Info: I\’m looking for two case studies for this feature. I need to find a mum whose child was hospitalised after binge drinking at Christmas (had alcohol poisoning / stomach pumped etc). Am also looking for a mum who lets her kids drink at Christmas as she thinks it will stop them from binge drinking outside the home. For both case studies, the children need to be young, ideally 11 and under.
Case Study Criteria: The mum needs to be aged around 20-40.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Strong Christmas/New Year real life stories and news features.
Media outlet: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
Article Info: We are currently planning for Christmas and New Year issues and looking for strong real life stories and news features.
Case Study Criteria: NO criteria but mainly looking for first rights (i.e. story must not have appeared in the press before).
Thursday, 19th November 2009
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Latest Story Requests.
Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to submit your interest in appearing in a magazine or newspaper story.
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Oldest sibling in a very large family.
Media Outlet: UK Glossy Magazine.
More Info: We are looking to speak to the oldest siblings of big families (6 plus children) about their experiences of growing up in a large family. Those with particularly strong feelings (i.e. they loved, or hated being the oldest) would be ideal. If you think you can help, please submit a brief description of the family, along with a photo and phone number at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk. All case studies that are printed in the magazine will be paid generously!
Story / Case Study Criteria: Ideally between the age of 15-20.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Popular women’s weekly looking for three generations of young mums in one family.
Media Outlet: UK Women’s Magazine.
More Info: We are looking to interview a family containing three generations of young mums. We would like to speak to the grandma, mother and daughter about their experiences of having children young (ideally in their teenage years) and also of being brought up by a young mother. All case studies we use will be paid generously. If you think you might be able to help then please fill out the www.FamousFeatures.co.uk online form with a brief description of your family and a pic if possible!
Story / Case Study Wanted: Woman who called off her own wedding.
Media Outlet: Sunday Newspaper Supplement.
More info: We are URGENTLY looking for a woman who called off her own wedding. Ideally it was very close to the date of the wedding, all the arrangements were in place eg. dress bought, venue booked, invites sent out, and she decided, for whatever reason, she couldn’t go through with it. We can pay a substantial fee for a suitable case study and will not identify her ex.
Story / Case Study Criteria: 19-38. Female.
Story / Case Study Wanted: We are looking for any stories related to pantomimes for our Christmas issue.
Media Outlet: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More Info: We are looking for any pantomime-themed short features for our Christmas issue. They can’t be romantic or to do with relationships so anything like a panto disaster or anything funny or quirky to do with pantos would be great. Something like a woman who was told to ‘break a leg’ before she went on stage and then she did, would be perfect!
Story / Case Study Criteria: It has to be told from a woman aged between 18 and 35.
Monday, 16th November 2009
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Today’s magazine and newspaper story requests. Earn Cash Today!
(visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk and send us your details if you would like to sell a story).
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Story / Case Study Wanted: New Year stories!
Media outlet: Women’s Magazine
More Info: We’ve just been given extra pages to fill for the New Year issue of a women’s magazine, which is great – but we don’t have any New Year related stories left. Please let us know if you want to sell a story with a new year angle.
Story / Case Study Wanted: We’re after a woman aged 18-40 who’s had botched breast surgery.
Media outlet: National Newspaper.
More info: Strong pics of the damage are a must.
Thursday, 12th November 2009
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Latest story requests from the national magazines and newspapers. Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk if you would like to sell a story to the national press. If you fit one of the profiles below, you could earn cash today.
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Story Wanted: Any girls who’ve had a Christmas Accident.
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
More Article Info: We are working on a feature about Christmas accidents and are looking for any girls who’ve burnt themselves making xmas dinner, choked on a piece of turkey, electrocuted themselves with fairy lights etc! The sillier the stories the better!
Special Criteria: Female 18-35.
Story Wanted: Daughter of an alcoholic.
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
More Article Info: Looking for a story about the daughter of an alcoholic. Must be happy to be named and photographed. We can assure you their story will be handled sensitively. Aged 25 – 55. For a real-life story in a glossy magazine.
Story Wanted: Santa impersonators with a girlfriend/wife.
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
More Article Info: We are looking for the partner of a Santa impersonator who can talk about falling in love with Santa.
Special criteria: Women aged 18-60.
Story Wanted: Looking for girls who’ve had near death experiences.
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
More Story Info: We are working on a feature about people who’ve had near death experiences. It could be someone who was in a car crash and brought back to life, or someone who drowned and was resuscitated. We are interested in any brushes with death!
Special criteria: Must be female, aged 18-35.
Wednesday, 11th November 2009
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Stories Wanted by Magazines & Newspapers Today (UPDATED DAILY). Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to submit your details if you are interested in earning money from appearing in the national media.
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Story / Case Study Wanted: British lady who admits to shoplifting in the past to fund her ‘middle-class’ lifestyle.
Media Outlet: Daily Newspaper.
More Info: Woman – aged 25-55. Must NOT be shoplifting now but needs to admit to it in past. For a real-life read in Daily Newspaper.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Funny, quirky real-life features to hold a page.
Media Outlet: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More Info: We are after some fun and quirky features that will hold a page in a women’s magazine. Do you have any comedy capers that might make a full page story? We are looking for stories of daft animals, anything involving nakedness (eg: sleep-walked into my girlfriend’s parent\’s room the first night I’d met them), a girl who chooses her pet over her boyfriend, or anything that raises a chuckle!
Story / Case Study Wanted: Age gap case study: Older woman, Younger man, preferably with around 30 years between them.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
More info: Couple with large age gap must be available for phone interview and willing to provide/pose for photographs, ASAP.
Tuesday, 10th November 2009
Monday, November 9th, 2009
The latest story requests from National Magazines and Newspapers. If you would like to appear in the press, send us your details at: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk
Story / Case Study Wanted: NEW YEAR themed stories.
Newspaper or Magazine Outlet: To appear in a National Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More Info: We are looking for any funny, dramatic, medical, or love stories with a NEW YEAR theme.
Case Study Criteria: Women aged 17-70
Story / Case Study Wanted: Polydrug User.
Newspaper or Magazine Outlet: National Sunday Newspaper.
Story / Case Study Info: We are looking for a young woman who risked her health/life taking lots of different types of drugs. Eg she would take cocaine on a night out then need to smoke a joint or take a sleeping pill to come down off her high and get to sleep. Then she would need to take speed or more coke the next morning to get going again, We want to hear what a rollercoaster it was for her, is she regretful/realise how lucky she is not to have seriously harmed herself, or does she see it as part of growing up?
Case Study Criteria: Age 18-35.
Story Wanted: Young female who mixed coke with alcohol, had cardiac reaction OR engaged in antisocial behaviour.
Media Outlet: National Sunday Newspaper.
More Info: We are looking for a young woman who mixed cocaine with alcohol and either ended up suffering from a cardiac related side effect OR engaged in anti-social behaviour eg she got into a fight/attacked another person. We can pay a generous fee and she must be willing to be identified.
Story Criteria: Female, aged 18-35.
Monday, 9th November 2009
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
We are looking for the following stories to publish in national magazines and newspapers. If you would like to sell your story, fill out our online form here: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Christmas LOVE stories!
Media Outlet: National Glossy Magazine.
Story or Case Study Criteria: We are looking for Christmas LOVE stories! Have you ever fallen in love with a Santa impersonator, or found your soul mate at a Panto? Any Xmas romantic story considered – and you will be paid for your story.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Children on Diets.
Media outlet: Daily National Newspaper
Story or Case Study Criteria: A normal sized 10 or 11 year-old girl who is dieting and obviously doesn’t need to.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Any type of cheery Christmas stories with good pictures
Media Outlet: Women’s Magazine
More info: We are looking for a variety of Christmas short stories (must be true stories) – weight loss, romance, miracle babies… anything that has really good Christmas pictures and a strong Christmas line.
Story or Case Study Criteria: It must be told by a woman aged between 18-35 who is willing to be pictured.
Tuesday, 3rd November 2009
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Here are the latest story requests from the National Newspapers and Magazines. If you fit any of the profiles, or you would like to sell a different story to the national press, submit your story idea here: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk
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Magazine Story or Case Study Wanted: Women with Facebook/MySpace/Twitter horror stories of being approached by strangers online…
More info: This is for a news report following the tragic death of Ashleigh Hall, who was lured to her death by a man posing as a teenage boy on Facebook. We’re looking for women with similar tales – but a happier ending. The incident could have happened to them, or they could have discovered someone was grooming their child online.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Need to be over 18 and ideally under 45. Must be able to supply a pic and be available to chat quickly on the phone.
Magazine Story or Case Study Wanted: We are looking for a woman and her daughter who share a strong physical feature.
More info: For the feature ‘where I get my good looks from’ we are looking for a young woman and her mum who share a strong physical feature. This could be bright red hair, obvious freckles, a mass of curls, big eyes. What’s important is that the mother and daughter are attractive and the feature that they share is strikingly obvious.
Story / Case Study Criteria: One of the women (ie the daughter or mother) needs to be between 30-55.
Magazine Story or Case Study Wanted: A UK-based bride who got married sometime this year at the age of 21 or younger.
More info: We just need to do a short phone interview with her and the groom and will need to use her wedding pics in the piece. Ideally, it needs to have a good story attached – e.g. her parents thought she was too young to marry, or she got married because she was pregnant etc.
Friday, 30th October 2009
