Posts Tagged ‘women’s magazine’
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
URGENT STORY REQUESTS – GET PAID TO BE IN THE PRESS
The following people are urgently needed for magazine and newspaper articles. You will be paid to appear in a magazine or newspaper story. See the list below and visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you can help us with any of these real life stories or features. Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk ).
Also – please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider. We are looking for new story ideas every day. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story today.
What better way to earn extra cash for Christmas!
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Person or Story Wanted: A gritty real life story occurring at a party. We’re looking for a real life story with a gritty edge set in a party. It could be any kind of party but with a dramatic event attached to it eg. a punch up, stabbing, shocking announcement etc.
Wanted by: National women’s magazine.
Person or Story Wanted: Need a couple where boyfriend thinks his girlfriend dresses way too s£xily and would like to make over his missus for just one day. The pair would need to be named and photographed for a light-hearted feature in a newspaper. They would also need to be able to come to London for a shoot.
Wanted by: Daily National Newspaper.
Person or Story Wanted: Have you got friendly with someone at work to get your way to the top? If so, we’d like to hear from you. Maybe getting close to a colleague, or even your boss has landed you your dream job? Or got you to places you never would have got to otherwise.
Wanted by: Glossy Weekly Magazine.
Person or Story Wanted: Jealousy drove me mad! We have a girl who hid her boyfriend’s passport to stop him going on a stag do and another who hired a private detective to stalk him, so we need something else to complete our article.
Wanted by: Glossy Weekly Magazine.
Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for couples who have funny disputes or funny issues they can’t stop arguing about for a new TV show. In addition we are looking for people who have large collections which are taking over their house; people who have decorated their homes in a very unusual manner; people who are obsessed with their animals; people who let their animals run all over the house; or anyone with a funny obsession of any kind.
Wanted by: TV company.
Person or Story Wanted: Teenagers or very young people getting married for a documentary about teens who tie the knot.
Wanted by: UK Television channel.
Person or Story Wanted: Looking for parents who manage their kids career in either the entertainment business or sport. We are casting for a BBC3 series with the working title Managed by My Mum.
Wanted by: TV Production company.
Person or Story Wanted: A woman aged between 20-45 who will be willing to talk openly and frankly about her s£x life. We are looking for a woman who has just come out of a long-term relationship (within the last two months) and is willing to keep a diary for a week about their s£x life. She will need to be really open and frank about her sex patterns/thoughts/actions across the week. She can be anonymous if necessary.
Wanted by: Glossy Magazine.
Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for a strong human interest story that could make a national newspaper spread this weekend.
Wanted by: Leading Sunday Newspaper.
Person or Story Wanted: A young family living on benefits that would write a weekly diary about how they cope financially.
Wanted by: Daily National Newspaper.
Person or Story Wanted: Mothers of young adults who are about to remarry inappropriately – perhaps a partner who is younger/older/diff sex/nationality.
Wanted by: Sunday Newspaper Magazine Supplement.
Person or Story Wanted: Women who had to drastically cut short their maternity leave because of financial worries. Report piece on the rise in numbers of new mums who have been forced to take just weeks instead of months off with their baby because of the current economic crisis.
Wanted by: Sunday Newspaper Magazine Supplement.
Person or Story Wanted: Person 18-40 who has had a negative experience taking part in drug trials.
Wanted by: Glossy Weekly Magazine.
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Please get in touch if you think you could help with one of these magazine or newspaper stories. We will pay you for your participation, so visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk today and fill out our online form. If you would like to sell a story that isn’t on the above list, just let us know; we are looking for all kinds of stories.
Tuesday, 9th November 2010
Monday, June 14th, 2010
LATEST STORY REQUESTS
The Folowing Stories are Urgently Wanted…. (see story requests below).
Just go to www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to be in any of these real life stories or features. Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at www.FamousFeatures.co.uk).
Also – please get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider. We are looking for new story ideas every day. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story now.
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Person or Story Wanted: Looking for an upbeat/quirky/usual real-life stories.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We are looking for a real life story for next week’s paper but looking for early ideas.
Person or Story Wanted: A woman who can talk about her experience of domestic violence.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: We’re looking for a woman who was a victim of domestic violence. We want the story to have a positive ending though – maybe, after finally leaving their ex, she went to get a good job and meet a new man.
Criteria: She needs to be aged between 35 and 55.
Person or Story Wanted: Woman whose success has prevented her from having a relationship.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Article.
More info: Woman who is very successful, attractive and single. Because of her success she hasn’t been able to hold down a relationship.
Criteria: Women aged late 30s, early 40s.
Person or Story Wanted: Single dad real life stories.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: Looking for a strong story about a single father for a spread.
Criteria: British.
Person or Story Wanted: A woman who fell in love with a fella on holiday -but he was using her for a visa into the UK.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Women’s magazine article.
More info: We are putting together a feature on different holiday horrors a woman might encounter while abroad and as part of that we are looking for a woman who fell head over heels for one of the local guys on holiday, thought he was ‘the One’, were planning on setting at home together in the UK and then it turned out that he was only using her for a passport into the UK.
Criteria: I am looking for a woman aged between 25-55.
Person or Story Wanted: Ever been stalked by a friend?
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: Looking for women – and men – 25 to 50, who have tried to break it off with a friend but the friend hasn’t got the message. They may bombard you with emails, texts, or calls or demand to know why you don’t want to see them anymore when you’ve tried to be polite and/or ignored their attempts to get in touch. Did this get out of hand and, if so, how did you stop it?
Criteria: 25-50, living in UK.
Person or Story Wanted: Human-interest stories (preferably involving a woman or family).
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: Interested in hearing any human interest stories which have NOT been in the national press yet or any first person pieces from female writers who have been through an experience or are planning on trying something new – ie dating after divorce, therapy etc etc.
Person or Story Wanted: Woman who had a no-strings attached holiday fling and is now regretting it deeply.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Glossy magazine story.
More info: We are putting together a feature on holiday horrors women may encounter on their hols and as part of that I am looking to interview a woman who picked up a foreign lover for cheap holiday thrills but now has real emotional regret over the affair. For example – just got a divorce and wanted to boost her confidence by having no-strings holiday sex with a gorgeous local – but back home now feels cheap, degraded and really stupid for putting herself at risk from STD’s, pregnancy etc.
Or maybe, you did become pregnant as a result.
Criteria: The woman should be aged between 25-55.
Person or Story Wanted: Victims of lonely-hearts scams.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: I am looking for victims who have been duped out of money by fraudsters from abroad via online dating sites and in lonely hearts columns.
Criteria: No age limit. Must be British victims.
Person or Story Wanted: Woman who caught an STI/ STD on holiday after a holiday fling…
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Magazine Story.
More info: We are writing a piece about different holiday horrors a woman might encounter on holiday and as part of that we are looking to interview a woman who is willing to speak openly about having a holiday fling and catching an STI/ STD as a result.
Criteria: Woman aged between 25-55 – but ideally if she is an older divorcee that would make the story a lot stronger and relevant to our readership but whatever the story is please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Person or Story Wanted: A man who did something drastic for his wedding – eg. lost weight/had plastic surgery.
Where the Story/Article will Appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine Story.
More info: We want to speak to a guy who is aged 20-40 who wanted a big wedding while his bride wasn’t so bothered. In order to make his day perfect he either lost a lot of weight, had surgery to improve his looks or even had a gastric band for quick-fire weight loss.
Criteria: Must have before and after pictures.
Friday, April 2nd, 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 or features. Send us your details by filling in our online form (located at the link above).
You should also get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider. Your real life experiences and true stories could earn you cash; sell a story now.
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Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for case studies of people who have been VIOLENTLY abused as children like Baby P.
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.
More info: We are working on a feature about violent child abuse and neglect. We are looking for a case study about anyone who’s suffered neglect / violent abuse along the lines of Baby P. The case study would be in their 20-30s now talking about how they escaped the situation.
Criteria: Female aged 18-35
Person or Story Wanted: Woman (40s/50s) who has been diagnosed as suffering from depression as result of financial worries.
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: Piece is about physical and psychological effects of stress on women as a result of money worries.
Criteria: Must be 40-plus, must have been clinically diagnosed.
Person or Story Wanted: 3 Women had a baby in the last three months to take part in a positive shoot about post-baby bodies
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: An uplifting positive piece about real women and their post-baby bodies. The shoot is THIS FRIDAY, and willl take place at our studios in Wapping ater 10am. We will cover travel costs. We need three women of different ages to talk about their body changes and do a classy naked-style shoot (think Gok Wan). £500 all in for each lady. Ideally aged 19 – 30s.
Person or Story Wanted: Couples Confront!
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.
More info: We need couples (in which both are happy to be photographed) that have any of the following issues, which they would be prepared to talk about in the magazine:
Why didn’t you tell me you’ve been married before?
Why didn’t you tell me you’re still living with your ex?
Why do your friends hate me?
When will you stop punishing me for cheating?
Why are you so convinced that I’m going to cheat?’
Why do you watch so much porn?
Why won’t you stay over after sex?
Why won’t you have sex with the lights on?
Criteria: In their 20s.
Person or Story Wanted: A teenager who’s addicted to the internet and/or computer games.
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We are looking for a teenager, aged 12-15 years, who is addicted to the internet and/or computer games. Maybe they’re desperate to log on before school, during school and afterwards. Perhaps it’s affecting their schoolwork as they’re online till the early hours or they’re missing out on social events as they’d rather be online.
We then want them to meet an internet psychologist (which we will set up), who can explain the dangers of their behaviour and how to break the addiction.
We need to name and picture the case study, and their parents, and will be able to pay them for their time.
Criteria: Case study must be aged between 12 and 15 years, and be willing to be named and identified.
Person or Story Wanted: Wife cheated on after she became more successful then her husband.
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Story.
More info: We’re looking for a woman (aged 25-55) whose husband cheated on her / had an affair after she became more successful / got a promotion a work, because he felt inferior.
Person or Story Wanted: Can you help us find a woman who has forgiven her cheating hubby?
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: We’re looking for a woman who has decided to forgive her husband for having an affair but is having trouble moving on.
Criteria: They will need to be aged between 30 and 55 and they will need to be named and pictured.
Person or Story Wanted: “My one night stand ruined my life!”
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: We are interested in any story in which a one night stand ruined a woman’s life.
Criteria: Girl in her 20s.
Person or Story Wanted: We’re URGENTLY looking for a cougar who’s given up dating younger men.
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.
More info: We need a woman who’s dated younger men in the past but who has now settled down with a man her own age or has decided to give up younger men to find a man her own age.
Criteria: Happy to be named and pictured.
Person or Story Wanted: A woman who has used a male escort to get over heartbreak.
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.
More info: We’re looking for a woman, 20-35, who’s happy to be named and pictured, to talk about her experiences with a male escort and how using one helped her get over the heartbreak of a relationship break-up.
Criteria: 20-35, female, identified and exclusive.
Person or Story Wanted: We\’re looking for a woman who\’s had lots of surgery but who now regrets the procedures.
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Story.
More info: We’re looking for a woman who has undergone a lot of cosmetic surgery but who now regrets it to talk about why she did it and why she now wishes she’d never started altering her looks.
Criteria: Female, 25-40, happy to be named and pictured and exclusive please.
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
We urgently need these stories right now…. (see story requests below).
Just visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to tell us if you would like to get paid to feature in any of these true life stories or features. Send us your details by filling in our online form.
You should also get in touch if you have any other stories that you would like us to consider. You could earn cash from real life story or every day experiences.
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Person or Story Wanted: A woman who took sea kelp tablets and experienced ill side effects.
Where the story / feature will appear: Daily Newspaper article.
More info: Alex Curran was pictured with the tablets that can boost weightloss today, but can also have dangerous effects on health including thyroid issues, raising the risk of hypothyroidism, and autoimmune thyroiditis. There are also a number of side effects like sweating, palpitations etc. I am looking for a woman up to the age of 40 who experienced problems after taking the supplement.
Person or Story Criteria: Female, up to 40.
Person or Story Wanted: A young, good-looking woman who has a very bad temper and lashes out at her friends and family.
Where the story / feature will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: It’s for part of a news report. We’d need to speak to the woman on the phone and get a good picture of her. As usual, we will pay the person who takes part.
Person or Story Criteria: Aged 18 to 35.
Person or Story Wanted: A woman who’s fled the country after having her heart broken.
Where the story / feature will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: We’re looking for a woman 20-40 who’s had her heart broken and then decided to leave the country to heal it. She might have gone to work in the jungle or a far flung destination or helped with a charity and then decided to never come back. Ideally, she’ll have found love wherever she’s gone.
Person or Story Wanted: Women who’ve had their eggs frozen for social not medical reasons.
Where the story / feature will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: I’m urgently looking for young women who have had their eggs frozen for some kind of social rather than medical reason, ie they haven’t met the right man yet, are worried that their party lifestyle might affect their fertility in years to come etc. This is for a positive piece on egg freezing so we’re looking for women who are pleased they did it and have no regrets. Maybe one of them has since had a child using one of their eggs frozen a while ago.
Person or Story Wanted: A mum who is financially better off on benefits than going to work.
Where the story / feature will appear: Daily Newspaper article.
More info: This case study is for a piece in a daily newspaper about how the benefits system should be reformed. I’m looking for a mum who is financially better off staying on benefits than she is going out to work. She will need to be named, and pictured, and speak about how she has looked into various options but going to work does not add up.
Person or Story Criteria: Mum must have children who are under 16 and still living at home.
Person or Story Wanted: I’m looking for girls who love showing off their boyfriends.
Where the story / feature will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: The feature is all about vain girls who love showing off their man and looking like they’re in the perfect relationship.
Ideally I’m looking for a girl who loves putting on displays of public affection with her man. I also need a girl who hires male escorts for parties / events so she looks like she has a gorgeous man on her arm. Then I need a girl who grooms her man – maybe they dress in matching outfits or she\’s given him a make-over etc. Any vain women who love showing off their man would be great! Each case study will be paid.
Person or Story Criteria: Women need to be aged 18-35. Both her and her partner would need to be pictured.
Person or Story Wanted: Women/men who were assaulted/raped at Uni or accused of assaulting/raping someone.
Where the story / feature will appear: Daily Newspaper article.
More info: I am writing a feature about sexual assaults and the culture of heavy drinking and sex at university which means that many women are raped/assaulted and also that sometimes men find themselves wrongly accused of rape/assault.
So i am looking for case studies of:
1. Women (or men) who were raped or assaulted at university.
2. Men (or women) who were accused of rape/assault at university. 3. Anything else that might be relevant, eg lecturers who were implicated or careers ruined etc etc.
Person or Story Wanted: Teenagers who feel under pressure from their family to have a baby.
Where the story / feature will appear: Daily Newspaper article.
More info: Working on a piece about teenage girls who feel under pressure from their family to get pregnant. They might also already be pregnant but feel they were encouraged by their family when they might not otherwise have pursued having children yet. Reasons might include a parent’s desire for grandchildren, or for economic or religious reasons. It might be traditional for that family to have children early.
Person or Story Criteria: The women should be under 20, but otherwise the brief is flexible.
Person or Story Wanted: “I was stalked!”
Where the story / feature will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: Need a girl in her 20s who was the victim of a stalker for a first person account.
Person or Story Criteria: Female, 20s. Preferably the stalker will have now been convicted (to avoid legal problems).
Person or Story Wanted: Menopausal women using alternative to HRT.
Where the story / feature will appear: Daily Newspaper article.
More info: We’re looking for women who have attempted to overcome the symptoms of menopause – or delay it - using treatments other than HRT – which they have declined to use because of fears over its safety.
Alternatives could be weird, whacky, new and unproven, DHEA etc.
Person or Story Criteria: Women 50plus, articulate, willing to be interviewed – and possibly photographed..
Person or Story Wanted: Saucy sex confessions – can be anonymous.
Where the story / feature will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine Article.
More info: We’re looking for women aged 18-35 to send in their naughty sex confessions for a feature. Maybe you and your man got carried away in a romantic holiday moment on the beach or you got down to business out of hours with a colleague, whatever your confession we want to hear from you. It doesn’t matter how saucy you think it is, it just has to be a sexy moment you enjoyed.
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!
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.
Friday, 26th February 2010
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Earn cash for appearing in any of these magazine or newspaper articles and features. All you have to do is visit www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details and let us know which story you are interested in taking part in.
You can also let us know if you have any other stories to sell. We are looking for all kinds of different stories to publish. There couldn’t be an easier way to make cash! Sell a story today.
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Person or Story Wanted: We are looking for a woman who discovered her partner’s cheating through text messages.
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We are looking for a case study who discovered their partner was cheating by pretending to be the man and texting the mistress – just like Elin did to Tiger Woods.
Person or Story Wanted: A British woman/couple adopting an orphan from Haiti.
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Article.
More info: Seeking British couples or single women who are in the process of adopting a child from Haiti. No age limit. Fee of up to £1000 to case study on publication.
Person or Story Wanted: Women, 19-35, who met their partner as a result of a tragic event.
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: For a feature on couples that met during what might be described as one of the worst days of their lives, we are looking for women, aged 19-35, who met ‘the One’ as a result of a tragic event. Perhaps they were both involved in an earthquake, a fire, a bombing, a flooding, etc., working as a volunteer and tending to the injured, or else they lived through the event itself.
Person or Story Wanted: Teenage Girls Addicted to Surgery
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Magazine.
More info: We are looking for mums whose teenage daughters are obsessed with plastic surgery. Ideally they need to be desperate to transform themselves – they might want a boob job / nose job / face lift by the time they turn 16 and be saving up their pocket money for plastic surgery.
Criteria: The girls need to be 16 and under and the mums aged around 21-40.
Person or Story Wanted: Family of a woman who has died from gynaelogical cancer (NOT CERVICAL)
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.
More info: We are issuing one last request for the family-husband, sister and daughter ideally-of a woman who passed away recently from gynaelogical cancer (but not cervical cancer).
This is for a feature on the other victims of cancer-the family, who are often forgotten about.
We want the woman who died to have been no more than 45 approx when she passed away, and her family, sister and daughter to all be under that age too (approximately).
Person or Story Wanted: Women who spent money on alternative “fertility boosting” products/practitioners .
Where the story will appear: Daily Newspaper Story.
More info: We are looking for women who have spent time and money on alternative fertility aids eg fertility statues, vitamins, spells, chinese herbs etc etc and they did not fall pregnant as a result (they could have fallen pregnant later though or on IVF). Ideally they would feel they had wasted money or been conned but they may feel the optimism was worth it.
Person or Story Wanted: A three generation family living together in one house.
Where the story will appear: Glossy Women’s Monthly
More info: We are looking for a female case study to feature in our next issue. It’s for a piece about three generation families so I’m looking for a couple who have pooled their finances with their parents/in-laws to buy a bigger property that they all live in together, or which has an annex attached. Can you help at all?
Criteria: They must be over 35 They must be living with their children and BOTH their or their partner\’s parents They must have bought the property within the last six years.
Person or Story Wanted: Three generations of women who will all talk about love/relationships through the years.
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Article.
More info: We’re looking to interview a gran, mum and daughter about their experiences of dating and relationships and how they’ve changed through the years.
Criteria: Gran, mum and daughter with a wide range of relationship experiences.
Wednesday, 27th 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, January 4th, 2010
Earn easy cash in the New Year and appear in one of these magazine articles. Visit: www.FamousFeatures.co.uk to send us your details or sell another story to the press.
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Person / Story Wanted: We’re looking for a ‘frenemy’ case study – two female friends who have fallen out in the past.
Where the story will appear: Women’s Magazine.
Story Info: Ideally the girls will have fallen out over a boy. They must have since made up so we can photograph them together. They must be between the ages of 18-35. Nearer 30 would be more preferable. You will be paid to feature in this article.
Person / Story Wanted: A woman aged 25 – 45 who is or was addicted to prescription drugs/painkillers
Where the story will appear: Sunday Newspaper Magazine.
More info: It’s a report on easy availability of/addiction to painkillers or prescription drugs. Interested in talking to someone who got heavily involved perhaps with more than one drug, perhaps getting them off the internet. There have been a number of cases highlighted in the media of people addicted to SSRI’s, so we would be most interested to talk to someone who had a problem with painkillers such as Vicoprofen or Hydrocodone, or was taking a combination of drugs such as anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications and painkillers. You will be paid to feature in this article.
Person / Story Wanted: I am looking for a mum and daughter who are willing to swap nights out!
Where the story will appear: Women’s Magazine
More info: I need a mum who goes to bingo who is willing to swap nights out with her daughter. Ideally the mum would be in her late 40s. The mum will go out clubbing with her daughter\’s mates, and the daughter will go out to bingo with her mum\’s mates. It\’s just a fun feature so see how they both get on doing something different. They will be followed by a photographer and then interviewed afterwards. They will also be paid and expenses covered.
Special criteria? : They must have never done any media before and be up for a laugh! You will be paid to feature in this article.
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
