--- description: President Barack Obama will log on to Tumblr next Tuesday to answer students' questions about the cost of college and student debt. title: Barack Obama Will Answer Questions on Tumblr image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62535fbe804362db/6986966336176094b390c7bc/170848803.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Technology](/tag/technology/) ## Technology Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Obama Will Take Student Debt Questions on Tumblr Town Hall  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 5:35 PM CUT  US President Barack Obama speaks to the media after his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. US President Barack Obama speaks to the media after his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.Thomas Trutschel—Photothek/Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 5:35 PM CUT President Barack Obama will log on to [Tumblr](http://news.yahoo.com/president-obama-to-field-college-debt-questions-on-tumblr-150123285.html "undefined") next Tuesday to answer students’ questions about the cost of college and student debt. The live Q&A event is the latest example of Obama using live social media events to reach young audiences — he’s previously used [Twitter](http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/03/president-obama-answers-my2k-questions-twitter "undefined"), [Google+](http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/01/30/president-obama-s-google-hangout "undefined") and even Reddit to reach out to voters on various issues. Nearly half of Tumblr’s users are between the ages of 18 and 34—including the discussion’s moderator, 27-year-old Tumblr founder David Karp—a demographic likely pondering the issues of college costs and student loan repayment. This year’s college graduating class will enter professional life with an average of $33,000 in student loan debt, nearly double that of students who graduated in 2000, according to government data. Overall student loan debt has topped $1 trillion and is the fastest-growing debt category, the [_Wall Street Journal_ reported](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304081804579559813544267206 "undefined") in May. Obama’s Tumblr town hall was announced by Yahoo!, which acquired Tumblr last May for about $1.1 billion. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2827361/obama-tumblr-town-hall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2827361/obama-tumblr-town-hall/"},"headline":"Obama Will Take Student Debt Questions on Tumblr Town Hall","datePublished":"2014-06-05T17:35:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:24.708Z","description":"President Barack Obama will log on to Tumblr next Tuesday to answer students' questions about the cost of college and student debt.","url":"https://time.com/2827361/obama-tumblr-town-hall/","keywords":["Technology","Tech","Barack Obama","College","Debt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62535fbe804362db/6986966336176094b390c7bc/170848803.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62535fbe804362db/6986966336176094b390c7bc/170848803.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US President Obama Visits Berlin","caption":"US President Obama Visits Berlin","creditText":"Thomas Trutschel—Photothek/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/technology/","name":"Technology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2827361/obama-tumblr-town-hall/","name":"Obama Will Take Student Debt Questions on Tumblr Town Hall"}}]}] ```