PR Pro Busted for Posting Journo Queries

Peter Shankman, the well-known publicist, has received quite a bit of attention from his “Profnet like” service, Help A Reporter. The group, matching journalists with sources, quickly outgrew Facebook and moved on to Peter’s own site. For some background, click here or here.

Yesterday, freelance journalist Erik Sherman, a member of the group, noticed that PR pro Nicole Lascelle was posting the journo queries straight to her blog, including contact info.

Eric quickly informed Shankman, who banned Lascelle (her blog