Students help non-profit dog rescue with recruitment and donations

November 14, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

“If life is drab, get a lab!”

Lucca Lorenzi dives deep into PR with goal of helping children’s hospital

May 5, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

Lucca Lorenzi had come home from being a camp counselor when he felt something in his nose and thought he was coming down with the flu. However, the situation quickly deteriorated.

Noor Sabharwal brings a fresh multicultural perspective to Public Relations

February 25, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

“I remember that my father always used to discuss his business at home, and I used to jump in with ideas. That is how I really fell in love with public relations.”

Public Relations student receives community service scholarship

February 25, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

After two lifesaving surgeries at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Lorenzi was eager to find a way to give back to the hospital.

MCJ student creates Spanish language podcast on COVID-19

July 31, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

As businesses closed and schools began operating remotely due to COVID-19, Olegario Tapia became concerned as he watched his mother leave to work in the fields around Dinuba. “An abundance of the information my family consumed about the new virus came from unreliable social media outlets, and a lot of the time, it was misinformation […]

20-year-old advertising student earns bachelor’s degree in three years

May 30, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

For most students, getting a bachelor’s degree in four years is a challenge that requires careful planning. When Kylie Bell started at Fresno State, she set a goal of graduating in three and a half years. However, even that wasn’t fast enough.

MCJ students explore new partnership with entrepreneurship students

July 20, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Large brick sign in front of Sid Craig School of Business. MCJ and Entrepreneurship students partnered up for a project.

TALK PR, Fresno State’s student-run public relations firm, has offered students the opportunity to work with countless local businesses, organizations and university clients since its founding in the spring of 2009. Through the Public Relations Agency Practicum special topics course, MCJ 117T, TALK students from an array of degree programs and colleges come together to […]

Professor Hays named Faculty Service-Learning Scholar

June 9, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

~ Reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Betsy A. Hays, Department of Media, Communications and Journalism professor at Fresno State, was named the University’s Faculty Service-Learning Scholar for 2017-18. The one-year term, which is supported with faculty release time, provides professional development training and support for faculty members interested in creating or enhancing a service-learning course. Chris Fiorentino, […]

Students, mentors paired up for TASTE

November 22, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

~ Video by Carl Licuanan and Justus Neves/Edited by Manual Martinez ~ Reprinted from FresnoStateNews.com Presented by the Fresno Advertising Federation (FAF) and coordinated by students in the Public Relations Campaign class of the Media, Communications and Journalism Department, TASTE (Take A Student To Eat) pairs MCJ students with professionals from various Fresno and Clovis media […]

MCJ students honored at scholarship reception

November 13, 2016.Reading time 10 minutes.

Dozens of students in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department were honored at the annual scholarship reception on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Vintage Room at Fresno State. ABC 30 Scholarship Recipient: Judith Saldivar The ABC 30 Journalism Scholarship was created in January 2010 and has become the department’s largest scholarship. It is given to […]