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Twitch streamers become go-to news source for campus protest coverage

Live-streamers are amassing audiences through real-time coverage of student encampments and police crackdowns.

May 5, 2024 at 1:40 p.m. EDT
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Streamers Morgan, left, and Bret Hamilton go live with Yness Riedel, media liaison for Students for Justice in Palestine at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. (Zaydee Sanchez for The Washington Post)
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As hundreds of police officers descended on UCLA’s campus last week, Bret Hamilton, a 31-year-old Twitch streamer who covers news and politics, documented their every move. He trailed the officers as they barreled their way through pro-Palestinian student protesters who were protecting an encampment at the center of the campus. Thousands of people watched Hamilton’s stream live as he narrated the chaos.

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