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What students and early-career journalists see ahead for the news industry
As Journalism Funding Partners invest in journalism’s future, journalists early in their careers gathered in Phoenix to share the skills they’re developing and what the craft means to them. Every day, I have the privilege of seeing the next generation of journalists up close—in my classes at Fresno State and through the journalism organizations I’m…
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Manny Fernandez comes home to Fresno State to discuss The New York Times’ Cesar Chavez investigation
A packed audience heard Fernandez describe the extensive reporting and fact-checking behind the investigation and engage in a candid discussion about its findings. In the region where the farmworker movement was born, and where generations of families have deeply personal ties to agriculture, New York Times journalist Manny Fernandez sat on a Fresno State stage…
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What I learned writing obituaries for people who weren’t dead yet
My strangest assignment as a young reporter—and the lesson it taught me about how a life is truly measured. When I was a young reporter at The Fresno Bee, I was assigned to the obituary beat. Along with writing the daily obituaries, I received a second, more unusual assignment: writing obituaries for prominent members of…
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Fresno’s Journalists of Color program is elevating student voices and creating career pathways
Now finishing its fifth cohort, the program equips underserved students with reporting skills, editorial experience, and a clear pathway into college and professional newsrooms. When I served as executive editor of The Fresno Bee, I believed journalism could never fully serve its communities unless newsrooms reflected the diversity, experiences, and voices of the people they covered.…
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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…
