What Did You Think of Our New ‘Conversations With Journalists’ Feature?

Last fall we introduced a feature that invites teens to have conversations with New York Times journalists on some of the student-friendly topics they cover, like TikTok; driverless cars; specialty grocery stores; music playlists; Gen Z voting trends; social media; and how cellphones are spawning an “epidemic of vicious school brawls.”

Over 2,000 teenagers asked questions, posted comments and suggested ideas to the 11 reporters who participated. Next, the reporters wrote back.

Here, for instance, is part of a recent conversation between Noemi M., a high school senior, and Natasha Singer, a Times technology reporter, about fight videos in schools. After Noemi introduces herself and comments on the prevalence of such videos at her own school, she asks Ms. Singer some questions. Then, Ms. Singer replies:

Noemi M., Student | April 9

My questions: — How did you get inspired to write a story like this? — Have you gone through anything like this? — Are phones and fights more connected than what people are actually making them to be? If so why or why not?

Natasha Singer, Reporter | April 11

Hi @Noemi M., thank you for these great questions! I was inspired to write this story after hearing from teachers and students about how the filming, and sharing, of fight videos was exacerbating violence at their schools.

— To report this story, I watched more than 1000 student fight videos from schools in dozens of states across the U.S. I also interviewed dozens of students, teachers, parents, principals and researchers.

— Right now, there is not a lot of research on the role that social media and videos play in school violence. But, anecdotally, a few principals and superintendents told me that fights decreased in their schools after they put in new rules limiting student cellphone use.

Did you or your students participate? If so, what worked? What didn’t? What could we do to make this feature stronger next year? We hope both you and your students will take our quick survey, or write to us at LNFeedback@nytimes.com.