Posts Tagged ‘magazine story’
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.
Friday, 15th January 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.
Tuesday, 12th January 2010
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!
Monday, 21st December 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
