Paul Chase, produces a segment for CNN.com called “Show and Tell,” where they feature cool and unique gadgets.

He’s looking for new cool stuff to feature. Contact Paul at paul.chase (at)turner.com.

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Strategic Insight, a mutual fund industry research firm, is preparing a report on closed-end funds. SI is looking for Brokers, Advisors, RIAs, and Financial Planners who use closed-end funds for their clients and can talk about how they use closed-end funds within client portfolios.

Strategic Insight provides research and consulting services to the U.S. mutual fund industry. This article is for publication in their research newsletter, Windows into the Mutual Fund Industry, which is read mostly by asset management firms.

Please contact Loren Fox at (212) 944 4460 or lfox (at) sionline.com

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Talking heads unite.

Caroline McCarthy of CNet News fame is working on a story about virtual worlds (Second Life, in particular) in anticipation of the Second Life Community Conference this weekend.

The angle is about what’s next for something like Second Life, now that analyses have shown that its much-hyped marketing potential has largely turned out to be fruitless. Will it last better as a subcultural phenomenon? Did it try and break into the mass market before it was technologically ready?

You can contact Caroline at caroline.mccarthy (at) cnet.com. Her deadline is tomorrow.

I don’t know who is handling PR for Second Life but whoever it is he/she might want to review that three ring binder containing Second Life’s crisis communications plan.

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For a story for CIOUpdate.com, Galen Gruman is seeking to talk with CIOs who are exploring or using business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) approaches in tandem to ensure that business processes are the core of any SOA effort or combined SOA-BPM effort.

Please contact him if you are exploring, are doing or have done this. No vendors. Only customer interviews for this story.

Contact Galen at ggruman (at) zangogroup.com. His deadline is August 24, 2007.

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PC Magazine is launching a new news section and is looking to develop a list of reliable sources for this department. They are looking for innovators in a number of fields including new media, health care, robotics, home automation, and other technology related subjects to inform us of new breakthroughs and research developments.

PC Magazine has a circulation of 5 million people, with readers in over 40 countries. Contact: Angela Chang, angela_chang (at) ziffdavis.com.

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For a story about Wikipedia’s role in PR planning, Chris Kent would like to talk to PR professionals about the importance of monitoring and updating Wikipedia entries about your organization, execs and clients.

What are the challenges facing communicators re: the entries in this online encyclopedia? How can Wikipedia influence or impact your communications efforts?

Ragan’s Media Relations Report is a national newsletter covering the media for people in PR and communications. Contact Chris at chrisk (at) ckeditorial.com. His deadline is December 4, 2006.

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Today, we received the following calls from reporters looking for resources for stories they are writing.

COMPUTERWORLD
Patrick Martino is writing a freelance story for ComputerWorld about Chinese banks’ core banking systems. He is looking for experts who can talk to the following questions about banks in China: How are Chinese banks looking to improve their risk management systems? How are they switching from paper to electronic processes, and how are they rolling out new platforms to support new services such as e-banking? How are banks looking to increase productivity and increase transparency? I’m also interested in how the challenges Chinese banks face are the same as those U.S. banks faced in the past.

Vendors, please contact Patrick only if you have users who are willing to talk on the record. He is on China Shanghai Time. Email Patrick at Patrick.D.Martino (at) gmail.com. Deadline is Thursday, November 16.

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
Reinhardt Krause, Investors Business Daily, is seeking experts on the status of China in the WTO five years after joining — currency, banking, intellectual property, auto parts, etc. Email is reinhardt.krause (at) investors.com and his deadline is Thursday, November 16, at 1:00 PM.

RAGAN’S MEDIA RELATIONS REPORT
For a “look-ahead” story in Ragan’s Media Relations Report’s first 2007 issue, Chris Kent would like to hear predictions from PR people about what will happen in the world of media relations — and in the media — throughout 2007. He would love to get some guesses on how relations between journalists and PR people might change, how social media will continue to impact PR, and what media trends may impact how PR people work with the press. Email Chris at chrisk (at) ckeditorial.com. His deadline is Thursday, November 16.

ENTERPRISELEADERSHIP.ORG
Elizabeth Ferrarini at Enterpriseleadership.org is looking for C-level executives for podcast interviews on leadership topics. Executives to date have been from Turner Broadcasting, Fedex, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and The Wharton School. Check out the site at www.enterpriseleadership.org. Please send a biography of the executive to Elizabeth at elizabethferrarini@yahoo.com.

Cheers,
Steven

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While I have little respect for fashion, sports and celebrity publicists, do they really know how to develop strategy? Here is an opportunity for fashion publicists.

Eric Leech, writing for StyleCareer.com, wants to interview fashion publicists who don’t mind sharing their experiences (Let me tell you what an ass this designer is), discussing the fashion industry (have I got some gossip for you), ideas on starting a fashion PR firm (let’s steal these clients from our current employer and go out on our own), and describing traits to becoming a successful (Eric, what’s your definition of successful?).

Just the thought of this story makes we want to cringe. But then again, it’s Stylecareer.com.

Oh, almost forgot, Eric’s contact is ejleech(at)comcast.net.

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