A top UNC-Chapel Hill school of journalism donor and newspaper publisher staunchly opposed hiring controversial 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones, newly unearthed emails reveal. "I worry about the controversy of tying the UNC journalism school to the 1619 project," Hussman wrote to top school brass, according to The Assembly. CNN COLUMNIST CLAIMS CONSERVATIVE POWER IN ACADEMIA HELPED KEEP 1619 PROJECT FOUNDER OFF UNC FACULTY"I find myself more in agreement with Pulitzer prize winning historians likes James McPherson and Gordon Wood than I do Nikole Hannah-Jones." Amid ongoing questions about her reporting methodologies, the journalism school declined to offer tenure to Hannah-Jones this month and instead opted for a five-year teaching contract. Hussman — who donated $25 million to the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media in 2019 — contended that the New York Times staffer prioritized political ideology over objective journalism.

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