Best of 2008
Jessica contacted us from Indiana, in America, wanting to know how to sell her amazing surrogacy story. Over the past few years, Jessica had eight miscarriages, then her mother offered to be a surrogate for her. But just as her mum conceived, so did Jessica, and Jessica ended up with twins. Jessica’s story was sold to the Sunday Mirror, where it appeared in the centre pages. It was also sold to Pick Me Up magazine. Her story was sold to the Sunday Mirror, Best and Sugar magazines. She wanted to warn other women about the signs of this severe form of PND, known as Puerpural Psychosis. We placed her story in the Daily Mirror, Now magazine and she also appeared in television too. In another of our famous multi media deals, Mandy ended up with a deal that involved the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The London Lite, as well as Closer magazine. Mandy also appeared in LK Today, and Five News with Natasha Kaplinksy. Her’s was an incredibly inspiring story and we placed it in the Daily Mirror and Woman magazine. Sarah had found herself making headlines when she was sued by a Muslim woman who she’d turned down for a job because she wore a headscarf. Sarah, who ran a hairdressing salon, felt that displaying your own hair was a necessity of the job. Following the high profile case, Sarah gave an interview to the Daily Mail. Anwen appeared in Fabulous and also sold her heartwarming story to Red and Good Housekeeping magazines. The couple appeared in the Daily Mirror and Woman magazine, and went onto This Morning. We love to hear about amazing and unusual love stories, so if you have one, get in touch on message@talktothepress.comSunday Mirror - 'I had one twin, Mum had the other.'
Sunday Mirror - 'I lost my memory at 16.'
Jessica Day got in touch wanting to talk about the skiing accident which saw her lose her entire memory. She and her mother gave moving interviews about how they were trying to rebuild Jessica’s memory and help her relearn her entire life again – from scratch.
The Daily Mail - 'I'm Britain's youngest sex change patient.'
Alex Thornton emailed us asking ‘How do I sell my story’.At the time, Alex was set to be the youngest girl in Britain to have a sex change. We sold her story to the Daily Mail, Woman magazine, and Alex was innundated with offers from documentary companies wanting to follow her through the process.
Now - 'Post natal depression left me fearing I'd kill my baby.'
We were put in touch with Vicky Woodings by a post-natal depression charity. She had had a horrendous experience, suffering from post natal depression so severe that she had been hallucinating and had felt her baby’s life was in danger.
Daily Mail - 'Anorexia left me with hours to live, but I went on and got a First from Cambridge.'
Mandy Kaye contacted Talk to the Press asking ‘Would a newspaper or magazine buy my story?’. The answer to her question was yes, they most definitely would buy your story!
Woman - 'How I finally found the courage to jail my step dad for abuse'
Charley Dale emailed us through the site asking ‘How do I sell my story?’ Since meeting her husband, she’d found the courage to stand up in court and give evidence against her step dad who had abused her when she was a child.
Daily Mail - 'Sued, for refusing to hire a Muslim woman in a headscarf'
Sarah Desrosiers got in touch when she found herself at the centre of a media storm. She enlisted us to help her manage press attention.
Fabulous - 'I thought I had no family, then my mum, dad and four sisters found me.'
Anwen Lewis had always known she was adopted. But she contacted Talk to the Press after her biological parents – who had married and had four children after giving her up – found her.
Sunday Mirror - 'I'm the first man in the UK to have buttock implants'
When Henry White realised he was the first man in the UK to have J-Lo style buttock implants, he knew he had a story to sell. Henry’s story first appeared in the Sunday Mirror which was to be the beginning of a frenzy of media activity for him. He went on to give interviews to a number of women’s magazines and even appeared in a documentary.
Woman - 'We fell in love when our partners had an affair'
David Flannigan got in touch with us saying ‘How do my wife and I sell our story’. David and his wife Tracey met when their previous partners had an affair with each other, and are now married with a family of their own.
