Institute for Media and Public Trust debuts ‘Exploring Journalism’s Future’ podcast

December 19, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

he first season of a new podcast created by the Institute for Media and Public Trust, “Exploring Journalism’s Future,” is now available on YouTube, I Heart Radio and other podcast platforms.

Fresnoland and SJV Water take top honors in 2024 Gruner Awards

May 9, 2024.Reading time 14 minutes.

Prize winners of the George F. Gruner Award, Omar Shaikh Rashad and Lois Henry, pose with George F. Gruner.

Story by Jim Boren, director of the Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State.

MCJ professor works as co-producer on ‘Turning Point’ Netflix series

February 28, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

Netflix, "Turning Point, The Bomb and The Cold War" in front of a cold stone background in the pattern of a nuclear symbol.

As the March 12 release of the “Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War” Netflix series approaches, excitement is building in the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism and across Fresno State.

New Faces: Hanayo Oya

October 9, 2023.Reading time 14 minutes.

A woman's face is in frame. She has short cut hair, a turquoise earring, red lipstick, and is smiling with her head slightly tilted to the left. The background is a Fresno State red.

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes Hanayo Oya to the Department of Media, Communications and Journalism as a new tenure-track assistant professor.

New York Times photojournalist and former philosophy student pursues doctorate at Harvard

October 26, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Now a Ph.D. student in anthropology at Harvard University, his path has been anything but ordinary.

NewsTrain workshop to be held at Fresno State in 2020

June 19, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

NewsTrain workshop. Photo courtesy of https://www.apme.com/news

NewsTrain is a low cost, touring workshop designed to provide training in digital skills, knowledge and information to journalists, newsroom and media professionals, communication specialists, professors and students.

Institute for Media and Public Trust presents First Amendment Forum

September 7, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Fresno State’s Institute for Media and Public Trust will present a First Amendment forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at the Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center in the Student Recreation Center. This free event is open to the public. The forum will feature an expert panel that will explore free-speech issues on university […]

‘Like the California sunshine;’ Beijing journalism students moved by their experience at Fresno State

August 13, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

Beijing Union University students along with Fresno State faculty and staff who helped with the "Media Communication and Culture in America" program.

The “Media Communication and Culture in America” program was born out of many years of collaboration between Fresno State and Beijing Union University. The purpose of the visit was for the students to experience Fresno State, travel around California, and gain new perspectives on their future craft through a series of lectures.

Warren R. Paboojian: 2017 Top Dog Oustanding Alumnus for the College of Arts and Humanities

October 21, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Dean Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval and 2017 Arts and Humanities Top Dog Warren R. Paboojian

When Warren R. Paboojian is called a “Bulldog in the courtroom,” he smiles.

“After being a lawyer for over 30 years, I’ve developed a little bit of a nickname,” Warren says with mirth in his eyes. “Whenever someone calls me a Bulldog, I’m pretty proud of that.”

Warren’s Bulldog pride shines because of his rich experience at Fresno State and his family’s path to create a better life for him.

CineCulture presents ‘Frame by Frame’ Oct. 20

October 16, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

CineCulture Presents "Frame by Frame" Friday, Oct. 20

After decades of war and an oppressive Taliban regime, four Afghan photojournalists face the realities of building a free press in a country left to stand on its own.