I am sick and tired of whiny reporters.

You’re in col­lege. If some­one doesn’t respond to your e-mail, call their office. Leave a few mes­sages. I am not hold­ing your hand while you cry about not get­ting a cou­ple of sources. I can tell you where to go, but I have then handed respon­si­bil­ity to you. I can help where I can, but I will not sched­ule inter­views for you.

Alter­na­tively, do what I did and go for op-ed. That way, no one cares if you inter­view some­one or not.