What Is It Like to Cover the Trump White House? Submit Your Questions

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WASHINGTON — Early morning tweets. Frantic Friday resignations and firings. And a looming investigation about Russia. All while news outlets are under increased scrutiny and even dismissed as “fake news.”

On Thursday, Dean Baquet, The Times’s executive editor, will join the White House correspondents Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman in a TimesTalk discussion streamed live about the challenges in covering President Trump. The Times’s media columnist, Jim Rutenberg, will moderate the discussion.

A portion of the conversation will be devoted to viewers’ questions, including questions from our digital audience. Leave your questions in the comments, and Mr. Rutenberg will ask a selection of them.

When: Thursday, Oct. 12, from 6:30 — 8 p.m. Eastern time.

How to watch: The discussion will be streamed live on this web page and to The New York Times’s YouTube and Facebook pages.

Where: The Jack Morton Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington.

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