Opposable Thumbs is a beauty and lifestyle blog from Joanne Mallon.Joanne is a Freelance Journalist, Life Coach and Author of parenting book Toddlers: An Instruction Manual and How To Overcome Fear of Driving. She also works as a Social Media Consultant. She has a daughter and son.Sections on the blog include Beauty (especially skincare and beauty products for the over-40s), Fitness & Wellbeing, as well as Travel. She posts beauty product reviews; fitness news; stationery finds; as well as gift ideas. Posts vary in length and often include images.Joanne says: "This blog accepts limited reviews, competitions, and very occasional sponsored posts, which will be marked as such. This blog is a personal, independent blog written and edited by Joanne Mallon. This blog accepts forms of sponsorship and other forms of compensation, but only occasionally. This is not primarily a commercial blog." Joanne also provides copywriting, blogging, editing, social media consultancy, blogger outreach, public speaking and broadcasting services. She can be reached at joannemallon@gmail.com for more information.Pinterest: https://uk.pinterest.com/joannemallonGorkana UK Consumer Alert: Tuesday 24th May 2016Journalist and Author Joanne Mallon has relaunched her blog Opposable Thumbs at a new address www.opposablethumbsblog.com. Joanne has also changed the remit of the site to cover beauty, lifestyle and "general geekiness" for the over 40s. PRs with news of launches are welcomed and Joanne can be reached at joannemallon@gmail.com and found tweeting at www.twitter.com/joannemallon

Formerly known as O, The Oprah Magazine and established in April 2000 and written as a woman's personal growth guide for the new century. Provides women with information and tools needed to follow and reach their dreams and lead a more fulfilling life. Content offers stories and ideas stamped with Oprah's unique vision on Health, Fitness, Personal Finance, Careers, Finance, Relationships, Self-Discovery, Beauty, Fashion, Home Design, Books, and Food. Gives readers the "you can do it" message, trumpeting individuals' triumphs over adversity. Regular features include home topics previously featured in O at Home, a separate publication which ceased production in Winter 2008.

Background and Format: Opta is a website that offers news and sports data of the main sports (American Football, Football , Hockey, Rugby and Baseball). The global global data editorial teams find stories and insights from Opta data. Audience and Readership:Aimed at sports and sports data interested public.

Data-driven storytelling for sport

Background and Format: Launched in 2011 originally as a website and then as a magazine in 2017, The Optical Connections Magazine is published by Nexus Business Media quarterly and is aimed at professionals who work in the fibre-optic communications industry. The media pack is available from: opticalconnectionsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Optical-Connections-Media-Pack-2019-Web.pdf

Optical Connections has been providing the fibre optic community with the latest industry news and reports since 2011

Optical Engineering is a peer-reviewed journal covering research, development, and applications of optics and photonics.

Written for telecommunications executives. Covers various topics in telecommunications including optical networks and WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing).

Background and Format: Optical World offers coverage of developments in the field of manufacturing optics worldwide. They bring readers the latest news, product launches & comprehensive lists of optical suppliers from around the world. Optical World provides in-depth technical articles, product information, previews & reports of the world’s major ophthalmic exhibitions, company & personality profiles. In addition to previews, surveys and features, each issue contains technical articles, information on new products, news & views, company profiles and commentary on the international scene. Issue circulation is considerably higher for editions that are distributed at trade shows. Audience and Readership: The magazine is aimed at optical industry professionals, wholesalers in the optical industry and suppliers. Time of Publication: Varies on each edition Frequency: Optical World publishes 9 issues a year. Circulation: Source: Publisher Distribution: Available through subscription and distributed at trade shows. Ad Rates: For information on adverting contact +44 (0)1702 345 443

Background and Format: Optician is a weekly title published by MA Healthcare Ltd. It serves the information and educational needs of optometrists, dispensing opticians and optical manufacturers. Articles available online and the publication also provides a fortnightly e-newsletter. Each issue features a mixture of product and people news, each issue contains articles some of which are devoted to continued training - opticians need 36 points per year and each training module within the magazine contains 3 points. Each week in the month covers a different topic Week 1 contact lenses Week 2 lenses Week 3 frames Week 4 management issues 5 week months include instruments Audience and Readership: The target audience is industry professionals and members of the optical trade. Deadline: Press day is Tuesday Time of publication: Every Friday Circulation: 4,031 (print) (Source: ABC) 88 (digital). Ad Rates: Can be viewed here Other information: They prefer email contact. They do accept press releases and invites. Any case studies should be sent to the clinical editor. The RSS feed can be viewed here Can be found on GooglePlus here Can be found on LinkedIn here