No winners in UNC-NHJ battle
Published 11:06 a.m. today
We may never learn the whole truth and nothing but surrounding Nikole Hannah-Jones’ job search at UNC-Chapel Hill. If you’ve not paid attention, here’s a fine explainer from The News & Observer. The latest: The UNC trustees have received an official re-submission for Hannah-Jones’s tenure appointment. So, it’s back in their hands, and the committee is reviewing her dossier.
But, they don’t have to vote on it.
Hannah-Jones’s legal team told UNC-CH it has until Friday to offer her tenure or face a federal lawsuit,
NC Policy Watch reported.
Although the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's candidacy has been resubmitted, Hannah-Jones and her legal counsel are considering a discrimination lawsuit.
The Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure controversy at UNC: Answers to common questions Kate Murphy, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
May 29 Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and a team of lawyers are considering taking legal action against UNC-Chapel Hill for discrimination, following a wave of national outrage over her not getting tenure for a new position she will take at the university this summer.
Here s what you need to know about the issue.
Who is Nikole Hannah-Jones?
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Black woman and an investigative journalist for The New York Times who was hired this spring as UNC s Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. The position is designed for industry greats to enter academia.