- Media & Press
For journalists and producers.
I’m available for comment, interview, and features on child safety, disclosure, and institutional accountability. Approved images, a press kit, and fast facts are below, and I reply to media quickly.
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- Coverage
Recent features.
A running record of press, interviews, and appearances. Replace these placeholders as coverage lands, newest first.
Print & online
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Podcast
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- Expert comment
What I can speak to.
I bring both clinical training and lived experience, and I don’t separate them. I can offer background or on-the-record comment on:
Why parents freeze, and don't act
How disclosure really sounds in young children
Grooming and the abuse of institutional trust
Why detection and conviction rates are so low
Normalcy bias and the psychology of denial
Trauma, dissociation, and recovery
Protective behaviours that don't frighten children
What reform in childcare safety should look like
A note for reporters: I speak to the patterns and the psychology, not to any matter before the courts. For anything legal or case-specific, please reach out and I’ll direct you appropriately.
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- Press kit
For journalists.
Everything you need to run a story, in one place. Please use only the approved images supplied here.
Fast facts
- Name: Hayley Jones (a pen name, used for family safety)
- Roles: Writer, poet, psychologist, court appointed expert, child protection advocate
- Books: No Offence Detected (poetry), Wings to Fly: Courage and Tricky Secrets (children's), The Signs We Miss (memoir, forthcoming)
- Publication: The Protective Insight on Substack
- Notable: Performed at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
- Based: Australia
A note on images and identity: Hayley writes under a pen name and uses altered imagery to protect her family. Please use only the approved images provided, and do not attempt to identify or locate her. Interviews can be arranged with agreed conditions to protect her identity. Thank you for respecting this.
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- Media enquiries
Get in touch
Working to a deadline? Tell me when you need it and I’ll do my best to meet it.
Or email directly: mshayleyjoneswriter@gmail.com. I’m in the Australian time zone and reply to media quickly.
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