Dr. Petra Boynton answered my question about why I’ve suddenly been flooded with email from j-students seeking interviews on a quick turnaround — duh — it’s the end of the semester and your projects are coming due.

I’m always happy to help you but you gotta help me too, so read her post here for some guidelines on how to approach any source, not just for a school project but in your career. It’s amazing how many journalists contact me and ask things like “I’m writing about cybersex in video games, please send me everything you’ve written on the subject” and I’ll google the person’s email and find out they really are a writer for some paper somewhere.