A TV project was in the works too?
It's the same line of BS artists get when someone knocks on the door and tells you "I have this book of Missouri artists coming out and I'd like to offer you a chance to get a listing in it. It is going to be distributed to art galleries and frameries all over the country. Oh, by the way, have you seen our other publications such as this one on the artists of New England? ..." The hope is the artist's vanity or even his jealousy of other artists' will motivate him to fork over a check or cash in exchange for a promise to get a listing in a book which will most likely never see the inside of "galleries nationwide."
In this case Katsaros seems to have been fishing for any information- and in addition to juicy dirt she could use immediately she will also gain little bits of info on each page which will googled periodically for details and will be stored away in dossiers for future use. In the event any of these young folks remain in politics, if any gain the stature of a Rove or Carville, this data will be used to stab them or their candidates in the back or for blackmail; rest assured anyone who provided any personal data to Katsaros may live to regret it.