---
title: "Talking about teens, writing and technology on NPR"
description: "Today, Amanda Lenhart and Richard Sterling, the chair of the National Commission on Writing's Board, were guests on the Tech Tuesday edition of the Kojo Nnamdi Show..."
date: "2008-04-29"
authors:
  - name: "Amanda Lenhart"
    job_title: "Former Director of Teens and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amanda-lenhart/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2008/04/29/talking-about-teens-writing-and-technology-on-npr/"
categories:
  - "Education"
  - "Education & Learning Online"
  - "Education & Learning Online"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
tags:
  - "Teens"
---

# Talking about teens, writing and technology on NPR

Last week, the Pew Internet Project in conjunction with our research partners at the [National Commission on Writing](http://www.writingcommission.org/) (an initiative of the [College Board](http://www.collegeboard.com/splash/)), released a report titled [Writing, Technology and Teens](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/PPF/r/247/report_display.asp) that looks at the impact of technology across the social and academic writing of teens.

Today, Richard Sterling, the chair of the National Writing Commission's Board, and I were guests on the Tech Tuesday edition of the Kojo Nnamdi Show, a Washington, DC based radio program produced out of a local NPR affiliate, WAMU. On the show, Richard and I had the opportunity to expand on many of the findings of the report and connect them to broader concerns about education and writing today. To [listen to the show](http://wamu.org/programs/kn/08/04/29.php#20693), download the audio file on the [show's webpage](http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/) on the [WAMU site](http://www.wamu.org/).