Guardian journalist seeks parents who are willing to be case studies

Donna

<div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m a journalist who lives in Stroud Green. I'm writing an article for the Guardian on the cost of childcare over the summer holidays, and am looking for parents to speak to about how they cope over the 6-7 week break.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Would you be willing to be interviewed for the Guardian about this topic?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d need to know:</span></p><ul style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are you single or in a couple? </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How many children do you have? How old are each of your children?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What exactly you do with your children during the summer holidays? eg send them to grandparents, summer camp, childcare, take time off work etc</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How much the summer holidays typically cost you both in terms of fees and in terms of time off work</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anything you do to try to reduce your costs or any help you receive from the government</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ideally, you’d need to be willing to be photographed with your children.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please let me know whether you’d be interested in speaking to me, and if so, please try to briefly answer the questions above by email and then I can contact you for more in-depth answers towards the end of June. Please confirm whether you are also willing to be photographed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find my details here on the Guardian website:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#222222" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; line-height: 17.48px; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.theguardian.com/profile/donna-ferguson</span></font><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And email me:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">donna.freelancer+media@gmail.com</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Donna</span></p><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></div>