CHICAGO ¨C Scores of social media influencers are competing with journalists for access, prestige and workspace at a national convention this week where the Democratic Party is counting on the influencers¡¯ viral online videos to boost U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris¡¯ presidential hopes.
The Democratic National Convention credentialed more than 200 ¡°content creators¡± for this week¡¯s four-day celebration of Harris at the United Center arena, home to Chicago¡¯s basketball and hockey teams.
It¡¯s a first-ever Democratic convention embrace of the power of YouTube, TikTok and Instagram users who directly reach tens of millions of Americans, many of them younger voters who don¡¯t read or watch traditional news.
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