Media Volunteers

As the owner and developer of a number of herpes websites I am ocasionally approached by the media and asked if I know of anyone within a certain criteria who would be comfortable being interviewed about their experiences. These interviews may be done over the phone, in a studio, or at another location. The information [...]

Herpes and Dating?

Herpes and Dating – it’s a hot topic right now. Triple J radio have recently done a piece on it for their Hack program and Australian Cosmopolitan magazine are currently researching the topic for a feature article. It’s great news for people living with herpes that the media are recognising their existence and are interested in tackling one of the major issues affecting their daily lives: What do you do if you are single and have Herpes?

Triple J Radio’s ‘Hack’ Program – feature on herpes and dating

Aired: Thursday, March 31 2005 Program Host: Steve Cannane Interviewer: Claire Gorman Interviewees: Jeannie May, Emma and Alex Callers: Sasha, Sarah, Chris, Lynne, Susanna, Mark Transcipt Steve: Sexually transmitted infections, if you’ve got one and you’ve met someone you really like, at what stage do you break the news and tell them what you’ve got? [...]

Reflections on the Triple J radio interview

For the Triple J call-in the only people who rang in and talked about herpes were women (although there was one gay guy who rang in to talk about telling his partner that he was HIV positive). Steve Cannane, Triple J ‘Hack’ program host, commented that men found it hard to talk about this kind [...]

Triple J Radio’s ‘Hack’ Program – feature on herpes and dating

Transcript of the interview / talkback program aired March 31, 2005.

Radio feature on ‘Herpes and Dating’

I recently participated in a radio interview for the Triple J ‘Hack’ program which airs nationally Mon-Fri 5.30-6.00pm The producers were so impressed with the feature (so I have been told) that they want to air it ASAP. So if you are interested in hearing it, tune into the Triple J Hack program over the [...]

How do you feel about herpes and dating?

radio mike

I have been invited to be interviewed on a national radio station about the topic ‘herpes and dating’. Why me? Because I have written articles about it and created websites to help people ‘connect’ with others in the same situation. The woman doing the interview has done a previous feature on a taboo topic – [...]