I cannot think of a better choice than Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, to receive the “Sand in My Shoes” Award for 2023. Ibargüen has done so much for our community. He is a wonderful representative of our community, and I am glad to see his long-time contributions being recognized.
Foundation urges UNC to rethink Hannah-Jones tenure decision
May 20, 2021
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FILE - In this May 21, 2016, file photo, Nikole Hannah-Jones attends the 75th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school s reported decision to back away from offering a tenured teaching position to Nikole Hannah-Jones. Hannah-Jones work on the country’s history of slavery has drawn the ire of conservatives. A report in NC Policy Watch on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 said Hannah-Jones was to be offered a tenured professorship as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP