Posts Tagged ‘sell a 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
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Below you will find today’s story requests from the national press.
Visit www.famousfeatures.co.uk to sell a story, or get paid to be a case study in one of the requests below.
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Story Wanted: A funny baby story.
Media outlet: Women’s Glossy Magazine.
More info: We are looking for a funny baby story – it can be along any line, just anything that will make our readers laugh!
Special criteria: It must be told by a mum between 18 and 35.
Story / Person Wanted: I\’m looking for a case study about little kids who do grown up jobs
Media outlet: Women’s glossy magazine
More info: We are working on a feature about children who have grown up jobs. They could be olympic swimmers, mini-ice dancers, little DJs, budding entrepreneurs. Anything along those lines would be great!
Story / person criteria: Story must come from mum (ideally aged 18-35)
Story / Person Wanted: We are looking for girls who have a saucy job and were caught out by their man
Media outlet: Women’s glossy magazine
More info: I\’m working on a feature about girls with secret sexy jobs who\’ve been caught out by their man.
You could be a stripper, a raunchy glamour model or even a flirty chat line worker. But your man must have uncovered your naughty job.
Applicants MUST be married and able to provide a marriage certificate and wedding collect.
Story / person criteria: Age range is 18-35.
Story / Person Wanted: A British air hostess, or former air hostess, who can describe a typical “day in the life”
Media outlet: Broadsheet Newspaper.
More info: We want to describe the minutiae of a day in the life of an air hostess, the highs and lows and why it is such a stressful job. It is for tomorrow’s paper, so we need to hear from them asap. Thanks.
Story / Person Wanted: I am looking for a transsexual ( who went from a man to a woman)
Media outlet: Glossy women’s magazine
More info: We are looking for a transsexual who felt they were trapped in the wrong body from a very young age. They will have gone from being a man to a woman.
Story / person criteria: They need to be aged between 18 and 35
Wednesday, 16th December 2009
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Sell a story. Earn cash today. We are looking for these stories right now…
(log on to www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to register your interest)
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Funny or heart-warming xmas stories with good pictures.
Media outlet: Women’s Magazine.
More Info: We’re looking for a last minute xmas story. Ideally we’d like something with great, festive pictures. In the past we’ve done xmas surgery, nudist xmas…etc…so something along those lines. It needs to be strong enough to fill a spread – no shorts please.
Special criteria: Preferably featuring women age 20-40, but if it is a really funny story etc we might be able to make exceptions on this.
Story / Case Study Wanted: A woman who made a victim impact statement that was used in court, where she herself was the victim.
Media outlet: Women’s magazine.
More info: Feature about people’s experience of victim impact statements.
Special criteria: Woman aged 21 to 45
Tuesday, 8th December 2009
Monday, December 7th, 2009
Today’s story requests from national media. Get paid to feature in any of these magazine & newspaper articles. Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you fit the profile, or tell us about a different story that you would like to get published for cash.
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Story / Case Study Wanted: Uplifting real life story for January
Media outlet: Glossy Magazine.
More info: We are looking for a really fun, lively real life story for the January issue of a glossy women’s magazine – not too scandalous or about cheating but anything goes as long as it’s a good read.
Story / Case Study Criteria: She must be no older than 29. Second rights considered.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Inspirational Slimmers.
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper.
More info: We are looking for inspirational slimming stories. We need women aged 20 to 35 approx who have lost a significant amount of weight and transformed their lives in the following ways:
-Lost weight and conceived my first child.
-Lost weight and landed my dream job (eg became an airhostess after previously being too heavy).
-Lost weight and got a boyfriend.
We do not want case studies who have had gastric bands/bypass surgery, they must have lost the weight through diet and exercise. Please contact me asap by end of Mon 7 Dec ideally. We will need before and after collects of case studies.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Female 20-35
Story / Case Study Wanted: A heart warming love story of a couple who fell in love this year.
Media outlet: National women’s magazine
More info: We are looking for amazing love stories where the couple met this year (for our Christmas wishes came true feature).
We need the woman to be between 19-35 and ideally they have got in touch with a long lost love this year and their romance has been rekindled. Perhaps he was half way round the world but she/he tracked them down and now they’ve met up and are together.
Maybe she was single for years until she found her childhood sweetheart again this year.
Whatever the story, we’d love to hear about it.
Story / Case Study Criteria: 19-35
Story / Case Study Wanted: Someone earning £150,000 or over to be a case study for Wednesday’s pre-budget report.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
More info: The person would need to to give their reaction to announcements in the pre-budget report next Wednesday. 5-10 minutes on the phone. They would need to provide rough details of their job and salary (although we could keep this a little vague if it is sensitive). It will be a forum for them to give their views on the Chancellor’s report, and we could obviously mention their business etc if they wanted us to (although it must be their personal income that is £150,000 or more not the company’s profits)
Story / Case Study Wanted: Lost weight to conceive first child.
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper.
More info: Fabulous is urgently looking for a woman aged 20-35 approx who lost weight in order to be able to conceive her first child. She must have lost weight through diet and exercise not through surgery.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Female. 20-35 approx
Story / Case Study Wanted: “I fell in love with my brother”. A girl who had a relationship with her brother.
Media outlet: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: I’m looking for a girl who had a relationship with her brother/ half brother/step brother.
She should be in her 20s and willing to be photographed.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Must be in her 20s. Second rights considered.
Story / Case Study Wanted: Lost weight to land my dream job.
Media outlet: Sunday Newspaper Magazine.
More info: We are urgently looking for a woman aged 20-40 who lost weight and landed her dream job.
E.g. maybe she was too heavy to be an airhostess or a dancer. She must have lost weight through diet and exercise, not surgery.
Story / Case Study Criteria: Female 20-40.
Monday, 7th December 2009
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Here are the latest story requests from national press. You can get paid to feature in any of these magazine and newspaper articles. Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to let us know if you fit the profile, or tell us about a different story.
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We are looking for this story: Woman who finds out her husband is having an affair with a man.
Media outlet: National Newspaper
More info: We are looking for a woman who finds out her husband is having an affair with a man. If she found out on her wedding night/day would be ideal. But just before the wedding or just after would be fine too.
Special story criteria: Woman aged 18-35 (can be flexible on age).
We are looking for this story: A woman aged 18-35 who was raped at a Christmas or New Year party.
Media outlet: Daily Newspaper.
More info: The case study will need to be named, interviewed by phone and photographed. It doesn’t matter if they have appeared in another publication or if it happened a few years ago, although anything exclusive and more recent would be preferable.
Wednesday, 2nd December 2009
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Here is the latest blog from Famous Features journalist, Alex McGowan. If you would like to contact Alex, sell a story to the national press, or find out more about Famous Features, visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk
Or, if you would like to see which stories magazines and newspapers are looking for right now, see the ‘Latest Media Request’ blogs below.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED?
The office of Famous Features is always full of joy and laughter, as we write and sell your amazing stories to the national press – That’s Life, Take a Break, Bella, Best, Chat and many more.
But sometimes there’s sadness, too. At the moment, there’s a few broken hearts knocking around. There must be something in the air, because it seems everyone is going through a tough time at the moment, relationship-wise.
In my case, I recently became involved in a classic ‘Autumn Taboo’ relationship.
You know the kind. Nights are drawing in, the smell of frost is in the air, and you’re home alone, freezing, with nothing but a Pot Noodle and grated cheese to keep you warm.
So, because you’re a bit lonely, you start hankering after things you shouldn’t. Like chocolate, red wine, oh – and your next-door neighbour.
A lovely guy, good-looking and funny. But with a major flaw: I soon found out that he was taking drugs and didn’t have enough money to pay his rent, let alone take me out for dinner.
In my head, I could see my friends standing there by the side of the road waving a big red sign that read ‘NO! THIS GUY IS A DISASTER!’
But there was something I really liked, even loved about him all the same. And despite begging him to mend his ways, he wasn’t able to see his own problem for what it was; a serious addiction. He’s the only person that can help himself, but it doesn’t make it any easier having to see him every day.
By Christmas, you’re drunkenly toasting under the mistletoe that you can and will do better for yourself.
By summer, you’ve lost a stone, fake tanned, toned and glammed up. He wants you back, you wouldn’t look twice at him.
But as the nights grow colder, we don’t blame you for searching for a bit of comfort.
Whether it’s that guy you meet in the chatroom who promises to take care of you, or the man you thought you were going to marry who you then see kissing that skinny-girl-from-accounts-you-HATE at the Christmas party – somehow, things that are bad for you seem so good at this time of year!
Same with food. Do you really need to start your day with a box of buttered brazil nuts? No. But it’s cold, and this time of year can give you the blues. So you do what you have to do.
In this office, we are always professional, and try our very best to leave whatever heartbreak we’re going through at the door.
But still, when we hear about and sell your stories of personal heartbreak at the hands of cheating-love rats, liars and Facebook fraudsters, we can’t help but sympathise when you tell us ‘He seemed like the perfect guy,’ or ‘I really did think this guy was the man for me.’ We know exactly how you feel!
Ladies, we offer you this advice. It’s worked wonders for us.
Allow yourself to be sad. Stay in bed, cry, eat icecream straight out of the box. Skimping on personal hygiene optional.
Get angry. How dare he treat you that way? This anger will motivate you to the next step…
Get even. Your sole aim in life is now to make him eternally regret dumping you. So you join the gym, tone up and buy a fabulous new wardrobe, (or a hot-pink Mulberry Macbook sleeve to ‘cheer you up’ if you’re our editor, Sally Windsor).
You go out with friends who wipe your tears and spoon Cosmopolitans into your mouth. And eventually, you will meet your Prince.
We hear so many brilliant internet dating stories of people that fall in love online, and the dream continues into real-life. We always love it when they live happily every after. Look at Suzzee Langton and her husband Robert whose story we wrote for Real People magazine. Robert proposed to Suzzee from across the pond – yet they’d never even met!
Then there’s the lovely Hannah Isaacson who after meeting her hubby Chris online, (having sworn she would NEVER try internet dating!) put together her whole wedding via things off email – and got them all for a bargain!
This story appeared in the People newspaper and has since been picked up by TV channels across the world. You can read that story here: http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=i-bought-all-my-wedding-on-internet-even-my-hubby-chris&method=full&objectid=21384602&siteid=93463-name_page.html
What better way to kickstart the rejuvenating process of getting over someone than by emailing our website so we can sell your stories of betrayal, heartbreak, and revenge (our favourite ones!), to share them with other readers?
Dig out those stories, ladies. A problem shared is a problem halved. And when we sell your story, you’re guaranteed to warn other ladies away from the bad’uns!
We look forward to hearing from you…
Alex – Famous Features
Monday, 30th November 2009
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Today’s latest story request from the national press. Sell a story to a magazine or newspaper. Visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to submit your details.
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Story or Case Study Wanted: Case studies of Brits either living in Dubai or have moved back from there.
Media Outlet: National Daily Newspaper.
More info: I\’m looking for two case studies for tomorrow\’s paper:
1) a Brit who has moved to Dubai and is struggling to find work, or has lost money on their property in the credit crunch.
2) a Brit who moved to Dubai and has moved back because of the credit crunch.
We would need to speak to them today and get a pic. We can pay them a fee for this.
Each case study will be about 200 words each.
Special criteria: Can also be couples or a family.
Thursday, 26th November 2009
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.
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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.
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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
