What the landmark ‘1619 Project’ taught Nikole Hannah-Jones 5 years after its publication, the Pulitzer Prize and Genius grant winner reflects on the landmark project and looks toward what’s next September 18, 2024 TyLisa Johnson
Nikole Hannah-Jones, 1619, and the power of the conceptual scoop There reaches a moment when traditional reporting is necessary but insufficient to reveal an important truth. Enter: the conceptual scoop. February 16, 2023 Roy Peter Clark
A year after UNC’s journalism school lost Nikole Hannah-Jones, the fallout continues ‘We are moving on,’ one long-tenured faculty member said, ‘but we are not looking away from our problems.’ July 6, 2022 Rick Edmonds
The 19th and Nikole Hannah-Jones launch a fellowship program for graduates of HBCUs The goal is to build a pipeline of future journalists that is diverse in not just race, but also 'journalism pedigree.' November 19, 2021 Angela Fu
After the Nikole Hannah-Jones blowup, UNC’s journalism school is healing, but slowly Four months later, the main players in the drama are taking measured steps to move on. November 9, 2021 Rick Edmonds
It’s Banned Books Week in America. In some places, the ‘1619 Project’ is being targeted. 'This is actually trying to control the collective memory of this country,' said Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the project. September 27, 2021 Tom Jones
The local reporter who broke the Nikole Hannah-Jones/UNC story also got her latest exclusive NC Policy Watch’s Joe Killian said he had seen the story ‘a million times before’ as a politics beat reporter in North Carolina July 7, 2021 Kristen Hare
UNC donor says he has no regrets about his role in the journalism school losing Nikole Hannah-Jones ‘I feel certain I did what I should appropriately have done,’ Hussman says. ‘I didn’t lobby against her appointment.’ July 6, 2021 Rick Edmonds
UNC campus expresses regret and sadness — plus defiance toward leadership — over Nikole Hannah-Jones’ decision to teach at Howard A Howard professor said the move represented a ‘paradigm shift’ for journalism education July 6, 2021 Barbara Allen
Perspective from the reporter who’s covered the Nikole Hannah-Jones/UNC story from the start Joe Killian works for NC Policy Watch and shared his thoughts on Twitter July 6, 2021 Kristen Hare
Opinion | Why UNC’s denial of Nikole-Hannah Jones’ tenure devalues the degrees and work of Black student journalists The decision is yet another reminder that for Black Americans, even working 20 times as hard still isn’t enough June 30, 2021 Clay B. Morris
Opinion | The UNC-Nikole Hannah-Jones controversy rages on A respected journalism school is taking a pounding by respected journalists. And it all reportedly has to do with race, not qualifications. May 21, 2021 Tom Jones
Opinion | A look inside the controversy involving UNC and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones The school’s failure to give her tenure sure looks like a political decision based on some people’s disapproval of her work on the ‘1619 Project.’ May 20, 2021 Tom Jones
