--- description: TIME spoke to student journalists who were on the front lines covering protests on their own campuses. title: Student Journalists Reflect on Covering Campus Protests image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fb521c45325f377/698a56e9e6e84a581b2b2f58/GettyImages-2150869226.jpg?branch=production ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [protests](/tag/protests/) ## protests Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Student Journalists Reflect on Covering Widespread Campus Protests by [Man Sum Lai](/author/man-sum-lai/) ## Man Sum Lai Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 16, 2024 4:35 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: A Columbia Journalism student journalist shows off their sign as they cover the events at Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, 2024 in New York City. Columbia University has restricted access to the school's campus to students residing in residential buildings on campus and employees who provide essential services to campus buildings after protestors took over Hamilton Hall overnight renaming it as "Hind's Hall" in honor of Hind Rajab. The students have barricaded themselves in the building and have also erected another encampment on Lewisohn Lawn, outside Lewisohn Hall. The protesters have said they are planning to remain at the hall until the university concedes to CU Apartheid Divest’s three demands: divestment, financial transparency and amnesty. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: A Columbia Journalism student journalist shows off their sign as they cover the events at Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, 2024 in New York City. Columbia University has restricted access to the school's campus to students residing in residential buildings on campus and employees who provide essential services to campus buildings after protestors took over Hamilton Hall overnight renaming it as "Hind's Hall" in honor of Hind Rajab. The students have barricaded themselves in the building and have also erected another encampment on Lewisohn Lawn, outside Lewisohn Hall. The protesters have said they are planning to remain at the hall until the university concedes to CU Apartheid Divest’s three demands: divestment, financial transparency and amnesty. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Getty Images—2024 Getty Images by [Man Sum Lai](/author/man-sum-lai/) ## Man Sum Lai Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 16, 2024 4:35 PM CUT TIME spoke to student journalists from UCLA, Columbia, Northwestern and University of Texas at Austin who were on the front lines covering protests on their own campuses. As the unrest grew, student journalists were often best positioned to tell the story although they faced dual challenges—as members of the media and students at the institutions they were covering. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6978899/watch-student-journalists-reflect-on-covering-widespread-campus-protests/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6978899/watch-student-journalists-reflect-on-covering-widespread-campus-protests/"},"headline":"Watch: Student Journalists Reflect on Covering Widespread Campus Protests","datePublished":"2024-05-16T16:35:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T17:38:08.945Z","description":"TIME spoke to student journalists from UCLA, Columbia, Northwestern and University of Texas at Austin who were on the front lines covering protests on their own campuses. 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