Knight Foundation Urges UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees to Approve Tenure for Acclaimed Journalist to
This story originally published online at N.C. Policy Watch.Â
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation issued a statement Thursday asking the UNC Board of Trustees to approve tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist hired as the schoolâs Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism.
As Policy Watch first reported this week, Hannah-Jones was pursued for a tenured position but after objections from conservative groups and members of the schoolâs board of trustees, was instead offered a fixed five-year appointment.
A disappointing decision : UNC community upset after Nikole Hannah-Jones non-tenure
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A disappointing decision : UNC community upset after Nikole Hannah-Jones non-tenure
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