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What the Cesar Chavez revelations reveal about journalism’s blind spots
As fresh scrutiny reshapes Chavez’s legacy, it also exposes how journalistic habits can distort complex figures. The New York Times’ bombshell report on Cesar Chavez has taken many by surprise, forcing difficult questions about how aspects of his behavior may have gone unexamined for decades. For those of us connected to Fresno State, the revelations…
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Picture this: A.I. may generate images in seconds, but we can’t charge ahead without considering the ethical and legal issues.
By Lucca Lorenzi, guest author It has been common vernacular to refer to an image as “photoshopped” if it has been altered or edited, even if these edits were not made using the Adobe software. Photoshop has been synonymous with image editing. However, artificial intelligence (A.I.) software is beginning to change the way photos are…
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Some writers have a natural talent, but the rest of us can be very good writers if we work at it on a daily basis
In my journalism classes at Fresno State, we commit ourselves to improving our writing by working at it on a daily basis. As we tap out sentences on our keyboards, we think about how the words that we use sound to others. That’s important because we are not writing for ourselves. In newswriting, our goal…
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Use these tips and you’ll reduce your chances of passing on ‘fake news’
Have you ever forwarded a news item to friends on Facebook only to later learn from them that the item was phony or “fake news?” It’s embarrassing, but you can avoid sharing phony stories by taking a few simple precautions when assessing news content. These tips are very basic tools and can help you in…
Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State 