The top donor to UNC's journalism argued against tenure for @nhannahjones because her writing "denigrates the courageous efforts of many white Americans"
The donor, Walter Hussman Jr., got his way
theassemblync.com/long-form/niko…
The donor, Walter Hussman Jr., got his way
theassemblync.com/long-form/niko…
@nhannahjones "Long before Nikole Hannah Jones won her Pulitzer Prize, courageous white southerners risking their lives standing up for the rights of blacks were winning Pulitzer prizes, too,” Hussman Jr wrote to school officials
theassemblync.com/long-form/niko…
theassemblync.com/long-form/niko…
These statements were made by Hussman Jr. in private emails but he refuses to discuss them publicly because he "considers himself a working journalist" and "I don’t believe I ought to speak out as a journalist on a matter of public controversy,"
This is a really good example of what people mean by journalistic "neutrality." For Hussman it means publicly claiming to be neutral while privately arguing that a Pulitizer Prize winner should not be awarded tenure because she doesn't give enough credit to white people
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