Media Leads

Wanted: Sources for story on how well we listen

5/7/2012 By Joan Leave a Comment

A reporter at a top-tier national publication is exploring how well people listen to each other in relationships and is looking for people to interview.

Do you feel that someone you are close to such as spouse, significant other, family member or close friend doesn’t listen to you? Does this drive you nuts? How have you tried to solve this problem and remain in the relationship? Have you found ways to cope with people in your life who are not listening? Has anyone ever accused you of not listening? Have you taught yourself to be a better listener?

Note: This is not a story about how kids don’t listen to their parents.

If you have funny or interesting stories to tell about this topic, please email to aceb5@aol.com and send details of your anecdote and contact information. Anyone quoted will need to be willing to use their name.

Filed Under: Media Leads Tagged With: listening, relationship

Source needed for story on mom-daughter relationships

4/6/2012 By Joan Leave a Comment

A reporter at a national publication is exploring complicated mother-daughter relationships and looking for people to interview about their personal stories.

Have you had trouble or tension in your relationship with your mother (or your daughter)? How did it start? How long did it go on? Did you ever overcome it—and how did you do that?

The reporter is looking specifically for mother-daughter pairs to interview. Anyone quoted must be willing to use her name.

If you have personal stories to tell about this topic, please email the reporter and send details of your anecdote and contact information by the end of the day on Tuesday, April 10.

Filed Under: Media Leads Tagged With: media lead, mother-daughter relationships

Reporter needs sources on how to break up with a partner

3/21/2012 By Joan-Admin 2 Comments

A reporter at a national publication is exploring how to break up with a romantic partner (spouse or significant other).

She’s looking for two people to interview who were once a (fairly) long-term couple but have broken up. She would like to explore how you know when it’s time to end the relationship and how you end it.

If you have personal stories to tell about this topic, please write as soon as possible to aceb5@aol.com and send details of your anecdote and contact information. Anyone quoted will need to be willing to use their name.

Her deadline is at the end of the day on Friday, March 23.

Filed Under: Media Leads Tagged With: ending a relationship, how to break up, media lead

Expert on gossip? Top-tier reporter needs sources

2/28/2012 By Joan 1 Comment

Attention experts on gossip, parents and raising children:

A reporter at a top-tier publication is writing about how to teach children not to gossip, and she needs sources to interview.

Have you taken specific steps to teach your child not to gossip? Has your child’s school taken specific measures along these lines?

Are you an educator or school administrator who has instituted a specific program to curtail gossip? Are you a psychologist who has researched how to prevent kids from gossiping?

This is NOT story is not about anti-bullying. It is specifically about gossip. If you have interesting stories to tell about this topic, please email the reporter at aceb5@aol.com and send details of your anecdote and contact information.

Don’t reply if you don’t want your name used. Deadline for replying is noon on Wednesday, Feb. 29.

Filed Under: Media Leads Tagged With: gossip, gossiping, parenting

Feel dumb in social settings? Respond to this media lead

1/30/2012 By Joan 1 Comment

A reporter at a national publication is exploring the phenomenon of how smart people sometimes feel dumb in intimate social settings and needs sources to interview.

Have you ever clammed up in a business meeting, at a cocktail or dinner party, on jury duty, or at some other small social event—-even though you know you’re as smart (or smarter) than anyone else in the room? And is this a departure from your usual personality?

If you have funny or interesting stories to tell about this topic, please respond as soon as possible to aceb5@aol.com with details of your anecdote and contact information. Anyone quoted must be willing to use to use their name.

Filed Under: Media Leads, Newspaper Publicity Tagged With: newspaper publicity, shy people