Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will not join UNC-Chapel Hill without tenure, according to Policy Watch.
Hannah-Jones, creator of “The 1619 Project,” will not begin her position as the university’s Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism originally scheduled for July 1. According to a letter from her legal team to the university, she has not withdrawn her application for tenure — and does not plan to.
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees reportedly declined to vote on tenure for Hannah-Jones when she was recruited for the job. She was later offered a five-year fixed term contract. Previous candidates have been hired with tenure.