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 […]
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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.
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Donald Munro’s MCJ 104 (Editing of Publications) class was assigned a unique final group project inspired by the Fresno State University Theatre production of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” The groups were each asked to pick an aspect of the production to focus on and explore in articles for a collaborative website.
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series presents the film “The Violin Teacher (Tudo Que Aprendemos Juntos)” as part of this month’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The screening will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Peter’s Education Center Auditorium in the Student Recreation Center at Fresno State (west of Save Mart Center). Director Sergio Machado Ribeiro dos Santos […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/upcoming-events/cineculture.html) film series presents two events related to the film “The Law (La Loi, le combat d’une femme pour toutes les femmes)” Sept. 22 and 23. Presentation – “The Jews of France from the French Revolution to the Present,” 3:30-4:45 p.m. Sept. 22, Fresno State’s Agricultural Science Building, Room 109. Speaker Aron Rodrigue is a professor […]
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Nicole DiBuduo Linder, class of 1998, was recently named the new executive director for the Marjaree Mason Center (mmcenter.org/), a shelter for victims of domestic violence in the Fresno area. While she was a student at Fresno State, Linder studied public relations in the Mass Communications and Journalism Department (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/) and was a member of the Barking […]
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Two mass communication and journalism students will travel to Washington, D.C. Sept. 12 to 14 with the Central Valley Honor Flight to cover the 65 World War II and Korean War veterans who are visiting national war memorials. The stories by July Cruz, a broadcast journalism student from Clovis, and Natalie Nigg, a multimedia production […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/upcoming-events/cineculture.html) film series presents three events related to the film “In Our Son’s Name” Sept. 15 and 16. Lecture – “Conversations with Gayla Jamison and Nancy Meyer,” 3:30 p.m. Sept. 15, Fresno State’s McLane Hall Room 121. Jamison is director of “In Our Son’s Name.” Meyer is a member of September 11 – Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (peacefultomorrows.org). Lecture […]
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Fresno State’s CineCulture film series and Filmworks present two screenings of the Palestinian drama “The Idol” at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave.). “The Idol” was inspired by the true story of a Gaza refugee who won the hearts of an entire region in 2013 […]
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A radio documentary about a recent Central Valley Honor Flight (facebook.com/CentralValleyHonorFlight/) trip to Washington, D.C., won second place in the Broadcast Education Association (beaweb.org/wp/) faculty audio competition. Faith Sidlow, an assistant professor with Fresno State’s Mass Communication and Journalism Department (fresnostate.edu/artshum/mcj/), traveled to Washington, D.C., with 65 World War II and Korean War veterans from the Central Valley earlier this […]
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UPDATE: The Central Valley Honor Flight documentary is now available online as a podcast. Click here to listen. ORIGINAL POST: A radio documentary on the Central Valley Honor Flight will air on KFSR 90.7 at noon on Sunday, Sept. 21. Faith Sidlow, an assistant professor with the Mass Communication and Journalism Department, traveled to Washington, D.C., with 65 World War II […]
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Pictured above: Will Nelson talks to village boys during a service-learning trip to Fiji. ~ By Lisa Maria Boyles A documentary entitled “Fresno to Fiji,” produced by MCJ Professor Jes Therkelsen and four MCJ students who traveled to Fiji in 2015, aired on Valley PBS, Channel 18, in August. Through this service-learning project, students helped aid development in […]
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Jillian Bertolucci, a 2015 Fresno State MCJ graduate, covered an exhibition game that the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team held at University of Southern California late last month, just ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio. Bertolucci earned her degree in in Broadcast Journalism and Public Relations and was the Dean’s Medalist candidate for Mass Communications in […]
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The College of Arts and Humanities at Fresno State 