DNC to credential social media influencers

Social Media Influencers Can Now Cover the Democratic Convention

Radio, TV, the Internet: Presidents have always embraced new technology for politics. Now the DNC says social media influencers can get convention credentials.

DNC committee extends media access to social media influencers to reconnect young voters - Washington Examiner

The Democratic National Convention committee is inviting social media influencers to cover its August convention for the first time in history, according to a Thursday press release. Content creators are able to apply for credentials that will grant them privileges similar to those given to traditional media outlets, including access to key areas of Chicago’s United Center, the opportunity to connect with surrogates and VIPs, video clips of the …

DNC to credential social media influencers

Influencers will have a chance to be a bit more influential when the Democratic National Convention (DNC) comes to Chicago this August. Convention organizers have agreed to credential social media personalities the same as traditional media in an effort to hit newer — and younger — audiences ahead of the November election. Influencers who qualify…

Democratic National Convention to grant media credentials to social media influencers

In a bid to reach younger voters, Democratic National Convention organizers have agreed to grant social media influencers the same credentials as traditional news media.

Democratic National Convention invites social media influencers to attend

The Democratic National Convention will open its doors to social media content creators this summer, announcing in a news release on Friday that the media credential request process will be available to such influencers.

In bid for young voters, Democrats offer social media influencers press access to August convention

At a Democratic National Convention media walkthrough of the United Center last month, local content creators and social media influencers were given a private tour of their convention working space: a skybox next to major networks like ABC and NBC.The local influencers, most of whom do not post political commentary, were told, “If you are posting something critical of [President Joe] Biden or Democrats, you know, knock yourself out," Shermann “…