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    Center for Community-Engaged Media

The Center for Community-Engaged Media (CCEM), established in 2024, supports journalism, media, and civic information systems that center communities and encourage dialogue, and care.

The center's initiatives include engaged research, collaborative projects and educational and training offerings that serve the information needs of communities and develop the connecting and convening potential of journalism.

CCEM builds on Klein faculty members’ efforts to develop community journalism that tells stories not only about but also for and with communities. This work has led to the development of now independent community-centered projects like the Germantown Info Hub and Kensington Voice. It also works to support the development of community-led initiatives such as the Philly-Afghan Info Hub and DayOneNotDayTwo’s Community AF project.

The center will continue to collaborate with community and media stakeholders on research and project development, and to share lessons learned through a range of public forums.

Students reporting

We created the center to provide an infrastructure to sustain and build on the work Klein College has been doing to encourage better relationships between journalism and communities. Having a center gives us a structure that we hope will allow such efforts to be more sustainable.

Andrea Wenzel Associate Professor

Andrea Wenzel

Associate Professor

Staff and Faculty Advisors

Below are the staff and faculty advisors currently involved, with more faculty to be added as the center continues to grow.

Letrell Crittenden || Andrea D. Wenzel || Jillian Bauer Reese

  • Letrell Crittenden

    Letrell Crittenden

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Center for Community-Engaged Media

        • Director

  • Andrea Wenzel

    Andrea D. Wenzel

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Journalism

        • Associate Professor

      • Center for Community-Engaged Media

        • Faculty Advisory

      • Media and Communication

  • Reese

    Jillian Bauer-Reese

    • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

      • Journalism

        • Associate Professor

      • Center for Community-Engaged Media

        • Faculty Advisory

Support CCEM

Support the Center for Community-Engaged Media in its mission to strengthen journalism through collaboration and community engagement. Your donation can help advance research, partnerships and storytelling initiatives that make a difference. 

To make a donation, enter "Center for Community-Engaged Media" in the other field on giving.temple.edu.

Contact Us

If you are interested in learning more about the center or would like to
get involved, please contact us.

ccem@temple.edu