1619 Project lead writer Nikole Hannah-Jones paid $25,000 for virtual lecture
New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, lead author of the
Times ’s “1619 Project,” was paid $25,000 for an online Zoom lecture given to the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication.
Through a Freedom of Information request, the right-wing news outlet Campus Reform obtained documentation detailing Hannah-Jones’s terms of compensation for the February 19 lecture. Additionally, the documents revealed that Hannah-Jones was partnered with the Lavin Agency, a talent agency that is “the world’s largest intellectual talent agency, representing leading thinkers for speaking engagements personal appearances, consulting, and endorsements,” according to its website. Hannah-Jones’s relationship with the agency suggests she regularly schedules events and is paid for them.
Marxist co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors, was paid $20,000 a month to sit on the board of a radical prison reform group, financial records show.
In 2019 alone, Reform LA Jails paid anti-capitalist activist Cullors a staggering $191,000 via her firm, Janaya and Patrisse Consulting.
According to financial records submitted to the California Fair Political Practices Commission, the description for each of the seven reported payments to the Cullors’ firm that year read:
“P. Cullors, Principal Officer, Business Owner.”
Cullors was apparently paid for her role as chairwoman of Reform LA Jails.
However, unclear why the group began paying Cullors through her firm, which is named after the BLM co-founder and her spouse, Janaya Khan.
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