Welcome to Conversations With Journalists! In this new series, we invite students every two weeks to join a discussion about a New York Times article with a Times journalist and other teenagers from around the world. Learn more about the feature and find a schedule of the pieces we’ll be reading together in the future here.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a reporter whose beat is the president?
For this edition of our Conversation With Journalists, we invited Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a New York Times White House correspondent, to share his experience reporting on the first weeks of Donald J. Trump’s second term.
What has it been like to report on the president and his administration as they are dramatically remaking both domestic and foreign policy? How does this type of journalism serve the country? How does it serve us as citizens?
Share your thoughts and questions in the comments.
Featured Video
We’ll be discussing the two-minute video “How a New Law Makes Deportations Easier” by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Christina Thornell and David Jouppi, published on Jan. 30.
We also ask that you read at least one of the following two articles by Mr. Kanno-Youngs:
“At Oval Office, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof” by Maggie Haberman, Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, published on Feb. 11.
“Foreign Leaders Embrace the Art of Flattery in Wooing Trump” by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, published on Feb. 7.
We’ll be joined by Mr. Kanno-Youngs, who is part of the team that covers Mr. Trump and the White House. White House reporters attend daily press briefings; occasionally travel with the president and vice president; sleuth government documents; interview people throughout the administration as well as its critics; and traverse the country to assess the impact of the president’s agenda.
“I aim to both break stories that will inform readers how decisions are made by the Trump administration, but also to report out how federal policy affects communities throughout the country,” Mr. Kanno-Youngs says.
Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print.
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