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People Urgently Wanted: Get Paid to Appear in a Magazine

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

We urgently need these stories right now…. (see story requests below).

Simply visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to feature in any of these true life stories.  Just fill in our online form.

Or, get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider.

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Person or Story Wanted:  Any Summertime Stories to fill the magazine’s summer specials/issues.

Where the story will appear: Various Women’s Magazines.

More info: Looking for any holiday stories to fill the summer pages of all of the magazines that we contribute to.  Holiday romances, injuries and illnesses, heartbreak, disasters and so on.  We’ll pay you for your story.

 

Person or Story Wanted:  Individual who has suffered cardiac problems due to cocaine – or a relative of someone who has died.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: Looking for an individual, man or woman, who has suffered cardiac problems as a result of taking cocaine. And/ or an individual who has lost a relative after they died as a result of cocaine causing a fatal heart attack.

 

Person or Story Wanted: When plastic / cosmetic surgery goes wrong. Horribly wrong.

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

More info: We are writing a story to warn women about the dangers of cosmetic surgery.

 

Person or Story Wanted: I gave my baby to my parents.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for the real life version of the Eastenders storyline where pregnant teen Lucy offers to give her baby to her parents Ian and Jane.

The real mum should be quite young, like Lucy and didn’t want to abort the baby but knew that her parents would be able to give it a good upbringing. Ideally the parents should have wanted another child, but were unable to have more for whatever reason.

It should be a positive story, looking at how the relationships have worked well, how the child has benefitted from having loving grandparents and how the mum has enjoyed having her child around.

 Person/Story Criteria: The mum should have had the child in her teens. Her parents can be any age. The child can be any age now up to a teenager. This will require a chat with the whole family and a family picture. We will pay a fee on publication.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who love their very different bodies.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for women who have unusual/different bodies. Their faces must be considered ‘good looking’ and have bodies that are different from the norm. Examples of what we\’re looking for are:

-A very large woman who\’s proud of her plus size curves.

-A very tall woman.

-A very short woman.

-A woman with a lot of tattoos on her body.

-A female bodybuilder.

-A female amputee.

Any other women who have ‘different’ bodies to the norm, are beautiful and love how they look. We would prefer for them not to have appeared in the press before.

Person/Story Criteria: Aged 18-35, Female.

 

Person or Story Wanted: His affair made us stronger….

 More info: URGENTLY looking for a couple case study where the woman has forgiven her partner for cheating. We just need a short chat about how she forgave him and move on. Need a picture of them together, but we could pixellate his face if necessary and pay generous fee…

Person/Story Criteria: 20-45

 

Person or Story Wanted: Looking for a woman or man who’s marriage has been affected by their mother in law.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: as Ashley Cole blames his mother in law for marriage breakdown, we’re looking to talk to couples who have been through similar experiences. Maybe they lived with their mother in law and their marriage has improved since she moved out? Maybe the husband feels the Mother in law negatively affected their marriage. Whatever the mother in law story we’d been keen to hear it! Thanks.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A woman, aged under 36, who has HIV and who contracted it through a heterosexual relationship.

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

More info: We’d ideally like a woman who will be identified.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking for men and women aged 18-35, who have been left by a partner, or who left their partner, for someone of the same sex. Generous fee paid.

 

Person or Story Wanted: “I gave my man a makeover”

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

More info: We need men in their 20s who have had an image overhaul at their girlfriend’s request – eg extensive dental work, laser hair removal, cosmetic surgery etc.

Person/Story Criteria: Couple in their 20s – both would need to come to photoshoot.

 

Person or Story Wanted:  Victims of copycat brides.

More info: Looking for comments/anecdotes from brides who have had their wedding ideas copied by another bride, or who copied someone else’s wedding – anonymity is fine!  The sorts of anonymous examples I’m after are anecdotes from brides who had to deal with things like another friend announcing she’s marrying the same week as you, or in the same venue with the same band and decor, or buying the same dress, or having the exact same readings, first dance and ring, or copying your invites etc – so not just friendly borrowing of a nice idea but getting a bit OTT with the copycat behaviour! Especially if they had similar guest lists or, even worse, the copycat ends up having her wedding first and then the bride feared looking like she copied her!

Your stories needed today – for cash. 26/02/10

Friday, February 26th, 2010

We need these stories or people right now….

Get paid to appear in a magazine or newspaper.  Simply visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to feature in a story.

(also, please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider)

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Person or Story Wanted: Adopted Child, or Sperm Donor.

Where the story will appear: Glossy Magazine Story.

More info: We are looking to interview a woman who’s adopted a child by herself, and we are also looking for a woman who’s used a sperm donor.

 

Person or Story Wanted: I am looking for women – or couples – who have problems with their mother in laws.

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

More info: We are looking to interview 2-3 women – or maybe a couple – who are willing to chat about the effect problematic mother in laws have had on their relationship for a sensitive piece in a top women’s magazine.  Maybe their in laws caused such a problem that their relationship even broke down as a consequence. The case study will need to be willing to be pictured (although we can change their name) and also available for a short telephone interview. They will also be paid for their time and the piece will be read back to them before publication.

 

Person or Story Wanted: People who have lost relatives or loved ones to MRSA.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for case studies of people whose loved ones have died because of MRSA they picked up in an NHS hospital. We need people in particular whose relatives went into hospital for a fairly minor complaint and picked up the infection in there. MRSA mainly affects elderly patients so I\’m looking for people who lost younger relatives in particular.

We also want to hear the case study’s views on what the Government could have done better to prevent MRSA deaths.

Person or Story Criteria: Relatives or loved ones must have caught MRSA in an NHS hospital and died as a result of the infection.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women aged under 48 talking about the ‘final straw’ that made them leave their husbands.

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

More info: We need pictures of the women with their ex-hubbies.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Mums who gave birth on a special day whose baby is under 18 months.

Where the story will appear: A pregnancy magazine.

More info: We are looking for mums who gave birth on a meaningful day – such as her wedding anniversary, wedding day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, last day at work (but not Christmas, New Year or a birthday) to feature as a real life birth story in a top pregnancy magazine.

Person or Story Criteria: The baby must be under 18 months and we will need high res images of the mum with her baby as a newborn and the newborn on his/her own.

 

Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for a man who (like Ashley Cole) is living with his mother in law.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper story.

More info: It would need to be a couple who are willing to speak candidly (ie, about how it affects their sex life) and be photographed on the edition.

 

Person or Story Wanted: strong, emotional first person lead for july issue.

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

More info: We need a good emotional, uplifting lead stories (nothing gloomy please – this particular magazine don’t do gloom). Also any nice three women pieces (ideas like ‘what our clothes say about us’; ‘why my fresh start was the best thing that ever happened’.

Person or Story Criteria: 30-55 down-to-earth (ie no high-flyers or career women).

 

Person or Story Wanted: Teenage mums.

Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.

More info: We are looking for a young mum who gave birth at 13 or 14. She can be no more than 16 now.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Male sex addict

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

More info: Real life feature: ‘I am a sex addict’

Person or Story Criteria: Male in his 20s.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A woman who has had an abortion in her 40s, and a woman who contracted an STD in her 40s.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story – women’s supplement.

More info: The feature is about how these ‘teenage’ type problems can actually occur at any age.  Both women would need to be identified and pictured, but we will do a readback to the interviewee.  There is a small fee available for the right case study – dependent on the story.

Person or Story Criteria: Must be a woman in her 40s prepared to be identified and pictured.

 

Person or Story Wanted: Women who have been driven to taking extreme revenge on their ex boyfriends.

Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story – women’s supplement.

More info: We are looking for women who were driven to extreme revenge tactics after finding out a boyfriend was cheating on them or treated them badly in some other way.  Perhaps they publicly humiliated him by putting up posters / creating a fake website in his name etc. Perhaps they destroyed his favourite things or ruined his wardrobe.  Anything that will make a reader secretly cheer and think, he totally got what he deserved!

 Person or Story Criteria: Must be women aged 22-34, willing to be identified / photographed. There is a small fee available.

 

Person or Story Wanted: A mum who looked after her daughter\’s baby to allow her to finish her education.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

Story Request 30/10/09

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.