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I've followed the media thread with great interest. Since many of you are keen to place stories about archives and I'm lurking here thinking I could write a good story about archives, maybe we should talk. I'm an independent writer and reporter for newspapers, magazines and TV. I'm a generalist specialising in long-form non-fiction. My work appears in the London Review of Books, The Guardian Weekend Magazine, The Independent Magazine, The Times Magazines and other similar publications. Unlike Auntie, I'm not afraid of talking about literature in an item about literature, or archives in an item about archives! I'm looking for either a very strong story that will stand on its own two feet in a national weekend supplement, and/or three or four interesting projects that could be used to illustrate the various routine activities that go on in archives and could be tied in to a piece about, say, the access versus conservation debate. I'm working in the dark here, so I'd be most grateful if anyone wants to suggest a better approach, or would be happy to brief me on the current issues that are important to archivists. If the story could tie in with the launch of the MLAC in April, and concerns you have about its agenda, that might help. Please contact me if you have any suggestions or interesting projects coming up or ongoing. And if anyone wants to discuss strategies for handling the media, I'd be happy to correspond off-list. Regards Christopher Hadley %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%