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Biotech and Healthcare
1) Surgeons who could not operate: what happened to your income (Income Protection Journal)
Business and Finance
2) Hunting for UK homeowners UK ONLY (Not yet commissioned)
3) Marketers and Entrepreneurs: One moment that changed your approach (MarketingSherpa)
4) What Should You Compare In A Credit-Card Hardship Offer? (CuraDebt)
5) Life underwriters, benefits consultants: sizing coverage on variable pay (Income Protection Journal)
General
8) Best Sandwiches on the Front Range (Colorado) (Edible Denver)
9) Survival Guide (Pride Journeys)
****************************1) SUMMARY: Surgeons who could not operate: what happened to your income
CATEGORY: Biotech and Healthcare
NAME: Eric Schwartzman
EMAIL: eric@ericschwartzman.com
MUCK RACK URL: https://muckrack.com
MEDIA OUTLET: Income Protection Journal
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://incomeprotectionjournal.com
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-09
DEADLINE TIME: 12:00 pm
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: Income Protection Journal (incomeprotectionjournal.com) is reporting an article on what happens to a surgeon's income when an injury or illness stops them from operating. A surgeon who cannot operate may still consult, teach, take call or run a practice. We want to understand what the income looks like in that gap, from the surgeons who have been through it.
Which of these fits you?
1. You were injured or ill, could not operate for a period, and collected disability benefits.
2. You could not operate for a period, were in a position to file, and chose not to.
3. You moved into a different role, such as consulting, teaching or administration, after an injury or illness changed what you could do in the operating room.
4. You own or co-own a surgical practice and have seen what an owner's or partner's time away did to it.
Questions we're exploring:
- What did the injury or illness change about your ability to operate, and how did you and your practice cover the first few weeks?
- What did your income look like during that period, and which parts of it (call, consults, teaching, administration) held up?
- If you went through a claim, what did the process ask of you that you did not expect? If you did not file, what led to that decision?
- What would you tell a surgeon earlier in their career about how fast a problem with hands, eyes or stamina turns into an income problem?
We are looking for orthopedic surgeons, hand surgeons, neurosurgeons, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, vascular surgeons, cardiothoracic surgeons, general surgeons, trauma and acute care surgeons, ophthalmic surgeons, ENT surgeons, surgical oncologists, and senior surgical residents or fellows. Most useful: a surgeon whose hands, eyes or back were the limiting factor.
This call is for surgeons describing their own situation, not insurance professionals, attorneys, consultants or vendors speaking about surgeons in general.
Reply to this email with a few sentences on your situation, which numbered situation fits, your specialty and city, and whether you will go on record by name or prefer background.
Thank you.
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2) SUMMARY: Hunting for UK homeowners UK ONLY
CATEGORY: Business and Finance
NAME: Sarah Ingram
EMAIL: sarahingramjournalist@gmail.com
MUCK RACK URL: https://muckrack.com
MEDIA OUTLET: Not yet commissioned
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://metro.co.uk
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-06
DEADLINE TIME: 12:00 am
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: ***£250 payment for your story!***
Hello. I’m a journalist looking for someone to talk about home repair costs. Have you experienced expensive wear-and-tear damage to your home that hasn’t been covered by insurance? If so, and if you’d like to be involved, you’d need to be available for an interviews on and around 1 December & for a photographer to come to you to take pics.
***Please don’t delay! This has a short deadline. Please email me today if you would like to be considered. Applications will close by the end of the week***
Please email sarahingramjournalist@gmail.com, including your
Name
Age
Location
Phone number
A brief outline of what happened to you and how much the damage cost
Thank you!
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3) SUMMARY: Marketers and Entrepreneurs: One moment that changed your approach
CATEGORY: Business and Finance
NAME: Daniel Burstein
EMAIL: daniel.burstein@meclabsai.com
MUCK RACK URL: https://muckrack.com
MEDIA OUTLET: MarketingSherpa
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://marketingsherpa.com/
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-09
DEADLINE TIME: 10:30 am
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: Set the scene for our readers. And place it in a specific, concrete marketing example from your own work – before/after/results. What did you believe before, and what made you reconsider?
Here are previous articles so you can see what we publish:
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4) SUMMARY: What Should You Compare In A Credit-Card Hardship Offer?
CATEGORY: Business and Finance
NAME: Eric Pemper
EMAIL: ericm@curadebt.com
MUCK RACK URL:
MEDIA OUTLET: CuraDebt
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://www.curadebt.com/
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-09
DEADLINE TIME: 5:00 pm
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: For CuraDebt's existing guide https://www.curadebt.com : Which written terms should a household compare before accepting its card issuer's hardship offer, rather than looking only at the quoted monthly payment? Focus on the payment, duration, interest/fees, account restrictions and what happens when the temporary arrangement ends. Include one short, clearly hypothetical comparison showing a term that changes the household's decision. Do not give individual advice or promise approval, savings or credit-score outcomes.
Seeking current U.S. CFP or AFC professionals, or certified nonprofit credit counselors, with direct household credit-card hardship/budget-planning experience. Please give 4-7 original human-written educational sentences plus the example. In the same reply include: your name, role/organization, short bio and official credential/profile URL; confirmation this particular answer is your original human-written work, not AI; permission for CuraDebt to publish with attribution and light edits preserving meaning; and any relevant material relationship or incentive involving CuraDebt or providers discussed, in your own words. We verify identity and scope independently. Unpaid, no promotional links or sharing obligation, no private client records, invented client cases, sales pitches or competing debt/tax-relief providers. This is a short quote, not a full-page review. Deadline November 9, 2026 at 5 p.m. Eastern.
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5) SUMMARY: Life underwriters, benefits consultants: sizing coverage on variable pay
CATEGORY: Business and Finance
NAME: Eric Schwartzman
EMAIL: eric@ericschwartzman.com
MUCK RACK URL: https://muckrack.com
MEDIA OUTLET: Income Protection Journal
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://incomeprotectionjournal.com
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-09
DEADLINE TIME: 5:30 pm
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: Income Protection Journal (incomeprotectionjournal.com) is reporting an article on how life insurance gets sized and underwritten for professionals whose pay is mostly bonus, commission, equity or partner draw, and what happens to employer group life when the job ends. The standard rules of thumb for how much life insurance to carry assume a steady salary. We want to understand how the people (not AI chatbots) who underwrite, place and administer coverage handle pay that is not steady.
Which of these fits you?
1. You underwrite or place individual life coverage for high earners: carrier or reinsurer underwriting, jumbo case design, or brokerage case management.
2. You run group and supplemental life for employers: benefits consulting, benefits brokerage, HR benefits or total rewards.
3. You advise high earners on how their pay is structured and documented: executive compensation, equity plans, tax preparation, or fee-only financial planning.
4. In your professional role, you have handled a group life conversion or portability request after a layoff or job change.
5. You think the standard approach already handles variable pay and we are asking the wrong question.
Questions we're exploring (generic AI chatbot answers will be discarded):
- How does a financial underwriter count bonus, commission or equity income when setting the maximum face amount, and what documentation does that take?
- Where does the multiple-of-salary rule of thumb break down for someone whose pay is mostly variable?
- When a high earner leaves an employer, what happens to their group life in practice: the timeline, the paperwork, and what people miss?
- What do people ask about conversion and portability that the plan documents do not answer clearly?
- One real, anonymized example of a case that went well or badly because of how income was documented or how a deadline was handled.
We are looking for life underwriting consultants, former chief underwriters, financial underwriters and jumbo-case underwriters, reinsurance underwriting managers, brokerage general agency case managers, employee benefits consultants, benefits brokers, HR benefits directors and total rewards managers, group life underwriters, executive compensation consultants, CPAs who serve bonus- and commission-heavy clients, and CFPs who work with executives. Most useful: underwriters who can describe what documentation changes the approved amount for an applicant with variable pay, and benefits professionals who have watched a conversion window close.
This call is for people describing their own experience, not publicists responding for a client or vendors presenting a product.
Generic AI prompt answers with no unique information are not useful and will be discarded.
Reply to this email with a few sentences on your experience, which numbered description fits, your title and city, and whether you will go on record by name or prefer background.
Thank you.
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6) SUMMARY: Did coming out as gay later in life leave you feeling that you’ve missed your chance at motherhood?
CATEGORY: General
NAME: kate graham
EMAIL: grahamkate@hotmail.com
MUCK RACK URL: https://muckrack.com
MEDIA OUTLET: UK National Newspaper
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://muckrack.com
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-05
DEADLINE TIME: 11:00 pm
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: I’m looking for a woman who came out later in life and either:
Wished they’d come out earlier so there was more time to have a baby alone / with a same sex partner.
Or wished they’d come out later and had a baby when they were in a straight relationship.
If this rings any bells and you’d be happy to share your story get in touch for more details.
This is for a UK national newspaper but I’m open to interviewees from anywhere
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7) SUMMARY: Seeking Women 40+ With Personal Stories of Rediscovery, Change, and New Beginnings
CATEGORY: General
NAME: Shayla Burtin
EMAIL: team@rewrittenbyher.com
MUCK RACK URL:
MEDIA OUTLET: Rewritten by Her
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://rewrittenbyher.com
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-13
DEADLINE TIME: 11:30 pm
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: Rewritten by Her is a media platform for women over age 40 who are rediscovering themselves, navigating transitions and figuring out what’s next in life.
We're looking for women 40 and older who have experienced a meaningful life transition and are willing to share their personal stories. Examples include changing careers later in life, rebuilding after divorce or loss, rediscovering identity after caregiving or motherhood, returning to school, pursuing a long-delayed dream, or making an unexpected change.
We're especially interested in the experiences behind these transitions: what prompted the change, the challenges involved, the decisions made, and how life looks today.
To respond: Please share your name, age, location, and a short paragraph describing your experience, including one specific turning point or decision. Selected women will be contacted for a written interview that may appear in our magazine.
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8) SUMMARY: Best Sandwiches on the Front Range (Colorado)
CATEGORY: General
NAME: Taryn Shorr-Mckee
EMAIL: info@chasingtrailblog.com
MUCK RACK URL: https://muckrack.com
MEDIA OUTLET: Edible Denver
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://edibledenver.com/
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-15
DEADLINE TIME: 11:00 pm
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: For Edible Denver's summer 2027 print edition, I'm looking for the best sandwiches in the Front Range region (Denver/Boulder/Ft. Collins and surrounding areas, including Estes Park). In addition to traditional restaurants, sandos from food trucks, pop-ups, cottage bakeries, etc. are welcome. I'll need to sample and photograph all sandwiches, and will be doing so over Thanksgiving weekend (November 27-30). Send me your best, most memorable or outrageous sandwich recs!
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CATEGORY: General
NAME: Joey Amato
EMAIL: joey@pridejourneys.com
MUCK RACK URL: https://muckrack.com
MEDIA OUTLET: Pride Journeys
MEDIA WEBSITE: https://www.pridejourneys.com/
DEADLINE DATE: 2026-11-21
DEADLINE TIME: 6:00 am
TIME ZONE: Eastern Standard Time
QUERY: With extreme weather events, power outages and unexpected emergencies becoming increasingly important considerations for households and travelers, being prepared is more essential than ever. We are putting together The Ultimate Survival & Emergency Preparedness Guide, a comprehensive editorial feature highlighting innovative, reliable and practical products designed to help individuals and families stay safe, comfortable and self-sufficient during emergencies, natural disasters and extended power outages. We are seeking product submissions in the following categories: Power & Energy; Water & Filtration; Food & Cooking;
Heating & Shelter; Lighting & Communication; Medical & First Aid; Survival Tools & Gear. Selected products will be featured. Please send submissions with product descriptions, brand information, photography and links to purchase.
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