Fresno State partners with FCC for High School Journalism Day

March 6, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Fresno State partners with Fresno City College for High School Journalism Day

Fresno State will partner with Fresno City College for High School Journalism Day from 9-1 p.m. Friday, March 9, to present a variety of workshops concerning journalism. The event will be held at Fresno City in the Old Administration Building (the building numbered 2 on the parking map).

MCJ and Theatre Arts collaborate on web series ‘Specula’

January 25, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

MCJ, Theatre Arts team up to produce supernatural web series

Fresno State’s Department of Media Communications and Journalism along with the Department of Theatre Arts came together for a collaborative supernatural web series titled “Specula” this past fall.

MCJ students and faculty help develop new app for Shaver museum

August 4, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Phone screen showing new app, held up against a scenic Shaver Lake background. Fresno State students and faculty helped develop a new app for The Central Sierra Historical Society Museum.

Last fall, the Central Sierra Historical Society and Museum in the Shaver area contacted MCJ associate professor Candace Egan and students Raja Tahir and Natalie Nigg to produce several videos.

Production of children’s opera ‘Lucinda’ wins award

May 23, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

A studio production of the children’s Christmas opera, “Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena,” produced by the Fall MCJ 120 class and directed by Professor Candace Egan, has received a 2017 Communicator Award of Distinction. The original opera, by composer Evan Mack and librettist Joshua McGuire, was recorded in a special performance in Studio […]

Two MCJ professors honored with ‘Spirit of Service’ award

May 22, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Two professors in the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism recently were honored during Fresno State’s Service Recognition Reception, hosted by University President Joseph I. Castro. Candace Egan and Jes Therkelsen received the Outstanding Faculty award during the annual event, held May 3 in the Satellite Student Union. The awards recognize the exemplary commitment to community engagement exhibited […]

As I begin my transition to the Office of the Provost, I think deeply about the value of our College and our disciplines.

We are the proud heirs to an academic and artistic tradition that prides itself on promoting core values that reflect our vast potential: Maturity and flexibility of mind, dynamic exploration of our human relationships, and the creation of meaningful insight into a historical period. Within this tradition, communication is at the heart of all of our disciplines. We are masters of communication in artistic and literary ways -from video, dance, painting, and music, to speeches, essays, books, and poetry.