One of the journalists who authored the New York Times investigation that uncovered how civil rights leader Cesar Chavez groomed and abused children and raped women will return to his alma mater next week to discuss his reporting.
Manny Fernandez, California editor-at-large with the New York Times, graduated from Fresno State’s journalism program in 1997, where he wrote for The Collegian student newspaper and left a lasting impression on his instructors and classmates.
Fernandez, who joined the New York Times in 2005, has previously worked for the San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post. He interned for The Fresno Bee while in college…