(CNN) Pultizer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones declined the University of North Carolina's offer of tenure and a teaching position with the school and has instead accepted a faculty role at Howard University. Hannah-Jones will be joined by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a fellow MacArthur genius grant recipient, at the historically Black, Washington, D.C.-based university. She also will found a brand new Center for Journalism and Democracy, the university announced. Hannah-Jones earned a master's degree at UNC's journalism school and this year she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Howard University announced that Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates will take on faculty roles at the school.

Source: CNN July 06, 2021 12:33 UTC