CCLP focuses on journalism, civic discourse, global press freedom and other issues.[1] In April 2025, longtime journalist Sewell Chan was named a senior fellow at the Annenberg Center.[2][3][4]
CCLP hosts events for students and the general public. In July 2025, it hosted the Wildfire Youth Media Initiative in Santa Monica, California, training students in trauma-informed interviewing and the role of journalism in civic society.[5]
In 2007, it was announced that the focus of the CCLP funding strategy would undergo a major shift towards primarily funding graduate fellowships in interdisciplinary research, with $4 million annually planned for 100+ graduate fellowships based on funding from the Annenberg Foundation.[10]
