Category: Media Institute
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Join us to improve media literacy and fight ‘disinformation’ by making an end-of-the-year donation to the Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State
You can help improve media literacy and support our other work at the Fresno State Institute for Media and Public Trust by making an end-of-the-year donation to the Institute. In 2020, we focused on identifying fake news involving the election and the pandemic and added a new program to train journalists of color to help…
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Boot camp for journalists offers intensive training on California water issues
At the end of our water boot camp for journalists on Friday, participants left thinking about a variation of this theme: “California water policy: It’s complicated.” But after nine intensive workshops throughout the day, most said they are now better prepared to cover water issues in the Golden State. The boot camp at Fresno State…
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Support media literacy by making end-of-the-year donation to the Institute for Media and Public Trust
The end of 2019 is coming fast, and we at the Fresno State Institute for Media and Public Trust would love it if you would consider an end-of-the-year donation so that we can continue our work to increase media literacy and fight fake news. Your donation is tax deductible. To contribute online, go to this…
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Media Institute sponsoring seminar on science and environmental reporting on April 9 at Fresno State
The Fresno State Institute for Media and Public trust will hold a seminar on science and environmental reporting beginning at 6 p.m. on April 9 at Fresno State. The keynote speaker will be Pulitzer Prize winner and author Deborah Blum, who now is the director of the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of…
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We launched our Media Institute in June, and we’re just getting started with our news media trust project
Fresno State’s Institute for Media and Public Trust was created just over six months ago, and we’ve had a great start in our quest to improve media literacy, fight fake news and bridge the trust gap between news outlets and news consumers. Getting the Institute organized and funded have taken much of our time this…
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Journalist Robert Costa underscores the crucial need for Fresno State’s Institute for Media and Public Trust
Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa, who also hosts “Washington Week” on PBS, says the work that Fresno State’s Institute for Media and Public Trust is doing on media literacy is crucial in building trust in our institutions and creating a better-informed society. Costa was in Fresno Nov. 27 as part of Fresno State…
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The journey begins for this bold new idea of rebuilding trust in the news media
Thanks for joining us! The goal of this blog is to inform you about the work of the Fresno State Institute for Media and Public Trust, which is a part of the Media, Communications and Journalism Department at Fresno State. This dynamic department is nationally recognized, with an award-winning faculty committed to giving students real-world…
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