Learning Network: Ask a Journalist: How Generative A.I. Is Reshaping Our Lives
A monthly series for students
The Learning Network
August 21, 2025

Dear Reader,

In our Ask a Journalist series, we invite teenagers to join us each month this school year to discuss a different topic with a New York Times journalist who covers it. For September, students will be chatting about artificial intelligence and its implications with Kashmir Hill, a technology reporter.

Sincerely,
The Learning Network

RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

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César Debargue

Ask a Journalist: A Monthly Series for Teenagers

Join us each month this school year to discuss a teen-friendly topic with a New York Times journalist who covers it. Post your thoughts, ask questions or suggest ideas, and the reporters will reply!

By The Learning Network

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Ask a Journalist: How Generative A.I. Is Reshaping Our Lives

Kashmir Hill joins us for the month of September to chat with teenagers about artificial intelligence and our relationship to it. Post your comments and questions for her by Sept. 15.

By The Learning Network

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Illustration by Zach Hackman

Contests

On Fathers and Sons and ‘Unpronounceable’ Names: The Week 9 Winners of Our Summer Reading Contest

This week we had so many excellent entries, we decided to honor two winners: an essay by William Alexis, 16, and a video by Saanvi Kondoju, 16.

By The Learning Network

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VOCABULARY RESOURCES

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Cindy Lozito

Word of the day

Word of the Day: bivalve

This word has appeared in 25 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

By The Learning Network

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Cindy Lozito

Word of the day

Word of the Day: coxswain

This word has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

By The Learning Network

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Cindy Lozito

Word of the day

Word of the Day: bayou

This word has appeared in 52 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

By The Learning Network

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Cindy Lozito

Word of the day

Word of the Day: renowned

This word has appeared in 892 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

By The Learning Network

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