Fresno State Focus produces entirely mobile newscast on COVID-19

March 19, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Anchors Joanne Voss and Gio Alvarado open the Fresno State Focus newscast at their homes, on their cell phones.

The student journalists who produce Fresno State Focus faced a huge challenge. If they wanted to continue to provide the campus and the community with news they needed to create an entire newscast without a studio or control room.

University complying with city’s new “shelter-in-place” order

March 9, 2020.Reading time 46 minutes.

At this time, the FCDPH says there is no immediate threat to the general public, and the FCDPH is not recommending cancellation of events, closure of schools or buildings at this time.