ProfNets of the Week

by admin ~ June 26, 2009

It’s time again to take a look at some of the strange and interesting queries from Profnet, a service that sends us journalist queries and calls for sources dozens of times throughout the day. Enjoy!

RELATIONSHIPS: Ways to Know Your Online Boyfriend is for Real - Freelancer
For a story for a national women’s magazine, I need to conduct e-mail interviews with relationship experts on the topic of “Ways to Know Your Online Boyfriend is for Real.” If interested in participating in the story, please respond with your full credentials (how you would like to be referred to in the story, contact info, etc.) and 2-7 detailed tips about how women who meet a man online (whether it be through an online dating service, Facebook, etc.) can be sure he is who he says he is, and not a complete fake. Contact:XXXXXXXX

ENVIRONMENT: Consequences of Wearing Shoes Indoors — Weight Watchers
I’m looking for an expert affiliated with a major medical center or teaching institution to discuss the potential consequences of wearing shoes indoors (particularly relating to tracking pesticides and other contaminants in the house). The expert should be well-versed in health problems relating to pesticides and also be able to offer practical advice on this topic. This is for a story for Weight Watchers. No phone calls or product pitches. Contact:XXXXXXXX

TECHNOLOGY/TODAY: Going Missing — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What made Gov. Mark Sanford’s recent disappearance so intriguing is the fact that in today’s day and age, it’s very hard to go “off the grid.” With modern technology such as cell phones, BlackBerrys, Twitter, and e-mail, people are in constant contact. I want to speak to an expert about the stresses of work and staying in constant contact and/or about how hard it is to actually “drop off the face of the world” with all of our modern forms of communication. ContactXXXXXXXX