Privacy Journo Requests

Parents Who Used Or Plan Polygenic Tests & PGT-P - Impact On Choices

Did a DNA test or embryo screening change how you live or parent? (CircleDNA, Orchid, GenePlaza, etc.) Journalist looking to chat! Hey everyone! I’m a New York Times journalist working on a story about polygenic testing and screening and how it actually impacts our lives, choices, and parenting. Whether you used a consumer kit like CircleDNA, uploaded raw data to a third-party app like GenePlaza, or are navigating polygenic embryo screening (PGT-P) through services like Orchid—I’d love to hear your perspective. I’m especially interested in chatting with: Anyone who has tested themselves or their children for medical, behavioral, or cosmetic traits. Future parents who are considering, currently undergoing, or have completed PGT-P embryo screening during IVF. Parents (or future parents) who are using these genetic insights to guide parenting, lifestyle, or healthcare decisions. People who haven't gone through with a test or screening yet, but are actively planning to. I want to understand the deeply human side of this: What is motivating you to pursue this? Did your results actually change your trajectory? Did they give you peace of mind, or introduce more questions and ethical dilemmas? Privacy is paramount, so if you're open to a brief, casual chat about your experience, please drop a comment below or send me a DM. (I am also happy to send you an email from my work address to verify my credentials.) Thanks so much!

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Autistic People & Carers UK - NHS Autism Services Postcode Lottery

📢 Healthcare inequality still very much exists in the UK in 2026... 📢 We all know how exhausting it is to fight for the right support. In some areas across the UK, hospitals and communities have amazing Autism Liaison Teams or Autism Community Specialist Nurses... in others you are handed a diagnosis and left completely on your own 🤷🏼♀️ To help demonstrate this "postcode lottery" to decision makers and try to put together something to make a difference, I have sent Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to NHS Trusts & ICB's across the UK... But I also want to hear and share real lived experience. I have my own experiences from my role as a social worker however real life testimonies from the people this truly affects are also integral to collate a report that I can share far and wide. If you are an autistic individual, a parent or a carer, a healthcare professional or social worker or other professional... I want to hear your story - positive or negative: ❓ Have you been admitted to hospital and struggled because there was no specialist team to help with sensory adjustments or communication? ❓️Does your local community/hospital have an Autism specialist team/service? ❓ What happened after you or your family member got a diagnosis? Was there any support available in your community? ❓ Have you had to reach a complete crisis point before getting noticed by local services? ❓️Have you / your loved one had support from a specialist Autism Mental Health Team in the community if required? Has any specialist mental health support been available? ❓️For Professionals - what is your experience of the impact of having / not having a Specialist Autism Service in communities and hospitals? Every story matters. By sharing your experiences you can help me start to build an undeniable case for universal NHS Specialist Autism services across the UK 🏥🩺 🔒 Your privacy is safe - Anything you share with me will be entirely anonymised. 💬 Please comment below or send me a private message if you are willing to share your experience. Please do share/tag people/comment on this post to help it reach as many people as possible! 🫂📍🙏🏻✨️ #AutismAwareness #HealthCareInequalitiesUK #Equality #LivedExperience #AutismServices #NHS #PostcodeLottery #Neurodiversity #Autism #UK

Employees Using GLP-1s - Workplace Ozempic Conversations

Another source request for Business Insider: Have you been part of conversations around Ozempic or other GLP-1 usage at work? Or are you in HR and still figuring out how to deal with the discussion of GLP-1s at work? If so, I'd love to hear from you! You can feel free to reach me here, via email at jkaplan[at]businessinsider[dot]com, or via Signal at julianakaplan.33. Happy to also discuss privacy, etc!

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This story covers Meta's Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI) being paused after an internal security lapse that reportedly exposed employee-collected data (mouse movements, keystrokes, and screen content). The reporter is looking for current or former Meta employees who can describe their experiences with MCI, any security or privacy incidents, internal reactions or protests, and leadership communications around the tool. Are you a current or former Meta employee who wants to talk about what's happening? We'd like to hear from you.

Healthcare Privacy Experts - Opposing National Patient Identifiers

Is anyone out there except Rand Paul against national patient identifiers? if so, I would love to talk to you for a piece I'm writing.

Gardeners & Gardening Experts - Garden Privacy Solutions

Looking to speak to gardeners and gardening experts for a feature on increasing privacy in a garden. #journorequest