Nathan Grayson is one of America’s best-known video gaming journalists, and the author of Stream Big : The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Scenes (Feb. 2025) — the definitive story of Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestream platform that has revolutionized technology, entertainment, business, and pop culture. This event is Free and open to the public. No registration required.

Background: With 2.5 million viewers at any given moment, Twitch is the #1 live stream platform, and often well ahead of Fox and CNN for audience share during primetime. Stream Big follows the careers of nine streamers who began as obscure video gamers and became major internet celebrities. A former reporter at The Washington Post, Grayson is a founder and reporter at the new tech and video game site, Aftermath.

​Cosponsored by the new Game Design & Development related programs of UAlbany’s Information Sciences and Technology Department in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), in partnership with the NYS Writers Institute.