Annenberg Public Policy Center

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
TypePublic policy research center
Established1993 (1993)
Parent institution
University of Pennsylvania
Address
202 S. 36th St.
,
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
,
19104-3806
,
United States
Websitehttp://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/

The Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) is a center for the study of public policy at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] It has offices in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, where the University of Pennsylvania is located.

Activities

The Annenberg Center is a research center. The Annenberg Center conducts research, convenes panels of experts, hosts lectures and conferences,[2] and publishes reports on five main areas: Political communication, information and society, media and children, health communication, and adolescent risk.

Among the center’s projects are the fact-checking website FactCheck.org, co-founded by Jamieson and Brooks Jackson in 2003, and Annenberg Classroom, which provides free resources for teaching about the U.S. Constitution. The center also is a founder and coordinator of the Civics Renewal Network, a consortium of more than 40 nonpartisan civics organizations.[3]

The APPC was established in 1993 by Walter and Leonore Annenberg and its ongoing funding comes from an endowment established for it at that time by the Annenberg Foundation.[4] In 2009, it had a staff of 54 people. Architect Fumihiko Maki designed the Center's facilities.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Annenberg Public Policy Center". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Annenberg Public Policy Center". Mimoa. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ^ "FactCheck.org". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  4. ^ "About the Center". The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Annenberg Public Policy Center: A Dedication and Opening". University of Pennsylvania. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2016.


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