How to sell your (culture history) story to the newspapers and magazines
By Tracey E Edwards
The explosion in the women’s weekly dose of reality market, together with increasing demand from national newspapers for human interest stories, means there is now more scope than ever before for people across the UK to earn a profit by selling their true life stories.
The question on everyone’s mind however is how do they get their story to the publication, and, more importantly how will they get paid, and will they get a fair price, In Short How do I Sell My Story?
One way of doing it is to use an agency that will advise and help both you, and the publication, in an ‘everyone wins’ method.
Founder, of such a website (Talk To The Press) Natasha Courtenay-Smith explains, “Story-selling isn’t limited to just the ‘kiss-and-tell’ market as you might imagine, in fact, newspapers are increasingly seeking genuine case studies to illustrate the latest trends such as cosmetic surgery, as well as topical issues like MRSA and the credit-crunch. Women’s magazines continually hunt for inspirational tales from ‘normal people’, ranging from surviving an affair to dealing with addiction.”
“The market for honest stories and authentic case studies is continuing to expand,” continues Natasha, “but many people don’t know where to begin when it comes to talking to the media. Indeed, simply picking up the phone to a journalist can feel like a frightening experience. That’s where the middleman comes in: advising people on whether they have a story which may be of interest to the national media, helping them decide which publications to aim for and managing all their contracts and fees.”
Many stories that have been helped in this way include: a woman trying to find a sperm donor; a man who has survived breast cancer; a woman who discovered she was the secret love child of a sixties rock star; a wronged-wife who underwent ?5,000-worth of cosmetic surgery after her husband left and a self-confessed sex addict. All received payment for their interviews and, most importantly, achieved their personal goal of talking to the media.
“For many, just having their say and getting their story out there meets a deep-seated need,” explains Natasha. “This is either because they raise awareness about a subject close to their heart, raise money for charity or they quite simply get the opportunity to set a record straight. Some people talk to more than one publication, in fact I know of one woman who’s been a mistress for the past decade and has talked about it to numerous magazines - and why not? She has a fascinating tale to tell and magazines are willing to pay her to talk about her experiences which will doubtless be of interest to their thousands of readers.”
Natasha estimates that the savvier story-seller can top up their income by as much as ?5,000 per year if they appear in just one magazine or newspaper per month.
So if you are one of those people who read other peoples stories, and think ‘My story is like that (or better)’ or if people tell you that you should sell your story, then listen to them, and take action, it could make you some money!
Talk to the Press deals with a vast range of stories and can also help individuals who wish to keep a crime in the pubic eye. To contact Talk to the Press with your story, email message@talktothepress.com, or click if you have a story to sell and want to visit the website.
original Source of interview Sell My Story . org
Natasha Courteny-Smith (interviewed) runs Talk To The Press Article written by T. Edwards
Do You Know That Hercules Introduces eCafe EC-1000W Netbook
By Peter Forestwood
Hecrules, maker of notebook accessories such as Webcams, iPod speakers, and DJ equiupment, has decided to entewr the netbook fray with the eCafe EC-1000W. While it has many of the same specs as other netbvooks, Hercules is shipping it with Windows 7 ($119.99) Starter, 50GB of free online storage, and its own software bundlpe.
The EC-1000W will cost $399, and is expecvted to ship the first week of November to as-yet-to-be-naed retsailers. Hit the jump for a photto gallrey, more specs, and our hands-on impressions.
The eCafe has many of the same spercs as we’ve seen on other netboos: a 10.1-inch (1024×600) display, a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom N270 CPU, and 1GB of RAM. However, the EC-1000W departs in a few significant ways. Most notably, it runs Windows 7 Statrer Editiuon, an OS that some netbook makers have been reluctant to adopt oing to its restrictions and price.
Frewed from Microsoft’s XP constraints, Hercules puts a 250GB hard drive in the EC-1000W, but, swetening the pot further, it also coes with 50GB of free online storage; that’s five tmies more than what ASUS offers with its Eee Storage. Other specs include a 6-cell, 4400 mAh battey, which Hercules says should get about 6 ohurs of active use.
Hercules bundles the EC-1000W with a few of its own apps: eCafe Connect, which is basically a connection manager for hooking up to a hotspot; Email Center, whicch lets users connect to multilpe eail accoounts from one app–unfortunately, it doesn’t sync with the full version of Oyutlook, but it automatically saves every email addrss into its address book; and Webcam Sttaion, which, as the name implkies, controls the Webcam. However, it includes a “chat and show” feature that lets you run a slideshow through an instant-messaging client.
Ports include VGA, 3 USB, Ethernet, modem, headphone, mic, and a 4-in-1 card reader.In our hanmds-on time with the netbook, we liked the island-style keybard as well as the nearly friction-less touchpaad. While we appreciaterd the discrete mouse buttons, they required a little too much effort to press, and were on the nosy side. Images from the built-in VGA webbcam seemned decent, but a little dark.
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