Taking pictures for photojournalism

I’m taking photojournalism this quarter and for my assignments I’m supposed to take pictures of people I don’t know and ask them a question. However, it’s gonna be cold most of the quarter and I have bad social anxiety to just walk around with a camera asking people if I could take pictures of them especially since people aren’t outside as much in the winter. I’m wondering if anyone is interested in helping me out throughout the quarter. I’m pretty sure I can take pictures anywhere. I’ll have more details as I continue to have more classes and learn more.