Sources: NYT, AARP, People & beyond.

Lots of stories, lots of quick deadlines.

Happy Wednesday. I have deadlines for days over the next few weeks. Hopping right in here. Lots of stories happening and looking for many sources.

NYT: The Trend of Announcing Pregnancy Early

This finally got approved after months of pitching. Hooray. I’m working on a story about announcing your pregnancy early vs. waiting till the second trimester. I’d love to connect with:

• Women with pregnancies who have announced their pregnancy earlier (THE MORE RECENT THE BETTER AND THESE WILL BE PRIORITIZED) than typically recommended to their friends, family or coworkers (i.e. they ignored the “12 week” rule).

• Experts to speak on this trend

• A therapist who can talk about how patients are coming into their office talking through this decision on whether or not to annonce with them

• Doctors who are abandoning this wait to tell your patients to announce at 12 weeks rule and encouraging patients to announce earlier.

Need to connect this week ideally, at least for a preliminary chat. Story due 5/31

AARP Bulletin

Working on a story on The New World of Tooth Replacement. Looking for dental experts to comment and anything I need to know about the latest and greatest tech and products in this field — i.e. New or under-development technologies like dental implants with antibacterial coatings to reduce infection and the potential use of stem cells to replace missing teeth.

Also need a few experts for this one on what to do if you can’t afford a dentist.

Need to connect this week or early next. Stories due 6/3

People

Difference between anxiety & depression. What is the diff between anxiety & depression? Can you have both? Do you treat them separately? They get looped in together quite a bit but we’d like to break them down and distill down into what symptoms of each are, crossover symptoms, situations when they coexist, how often they coexist, is it hard to treat if you have both? how does treatment change in that case? etc.

How to talk to your kids about having a mental health issue

If a parent is suffering with their own mental illness how to discuss it with your child. Looking for experts on how to have these convos, addressing things like how to avoid telling the kids too much and making them feel unsafe, finding the balance of dealing with our own mental health and helping our children to understand their own.

Need to connect this week or early next, both due 6/3

Great Pet Care

• Looking for a vet or cat experts for some quotes about the function of cat toe beans.

• Looking for a pet nutritionist, vet, or pet lifestyle

  blogger for some recipe ideas and quotes for a story on Frozen Dog Treat Recipes to Try at Home

• A few pet groomers to talk about the Best Dog Detangler Spray to Help With Mats and Knots

Need to connect by 6/6 on the pet groomer ones 6/10 on the others.

If you have a source that fits, please email NCPajer@gmail.com with the story in the subject line. I will review them all (will try my best to write back depending on how crazy my inbox is) and let you know if they are a fit. Thanks all!