Delivered by Intellect to: Guest (guest) IP: 184.72.91.180 On: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:40:59 EME 20 (4) pp. 369–370 Intellect Limited 2021 Explorations in Media Ecology Volume 20 Number 4 www.intellectbooks.com 369 © 2021 Intellect Ltd Editorial. English language. https://doi.org/10.1386/eme_00102_2 EDITORIAL ALEXANDER JENKINS Drexel University GREG LORING-ALBRIGHT Drexel University Within these pages… We are honoured that Dr Hakanen, Editor-in-Chief, has given us this space to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Explorations in Media Ecology (EME). Inaugural editors-in-chief Lance Strate and Judith Yaross Lee wrote in their introduction to the journal in 2002 that ‘[f]ounding a journal is an act of optimism’ (Strate and Lee 2002: 3). Now, twenty years later, we want to use this volume to reflect upon the incredible work that this act of optimism has brought to the field of media ecology, and to look towards the bright future ahead for EME, the official journal of the Media Ecology Association. We begin by looking to the past: all of the journal’s past editors saw them- selves as the custodians of an important legacy, one that predates EME and will continue into the future. Indeed, the very first words ever printed in EME reflect this dual temporality: ‘Within these pages, we inaugurate new tradi- tions and build on a distinguished past’ (Strate and Lee 2002: 1). Former editor Paul Grosswiler, writing at the beginning of his tenure as editor almost ten years later, highlighted the ‘new traditions’ aspect, stating an intention to ‘involve more scholars from more disciplines and help them to become aware of their connections to media ecology’ (Grosswiler 2011: 6). More recently, Corey Anton, another former editor, reflected in a recent bit of personal communication that this vision is coming to fruition. He recounted