ProPublica editor-in-chief to speak on media trust

February 22, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Stephen Engelberg, editor-in-chief of ProPublica

The Roger Tatarian Symposium, “Putting Fake News in the Rear View Mirror: How the Media Can Win Back the Trust of all Americans,” will be held at 5 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the Satellite Student Union at Fresno State. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served.

Roger Tatarian Symposium to look at how to put ‘fake news in the rear view mirror’

January 24, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Man reading news on a tablet with coffee. Photo by Kaboompics .com

The Roger Tatarian Symposium, “Putting Fake News in the Rear View Mirror: How the Media Can Win Back the Trust of all Americans,” will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Fresno State Satellite Student Union. The program is free and open to the public.

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