1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones to Teach Journalism at University of North Carolina

New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks during the 13th International Congress of Investigative Journalism in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 29, 2018. Alice Vergueiro/Abraji via Wikimedia Commons

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of the New York Times’ highly controversial 1619 Project, will be teaching journalism at the University of North Carolina (UNC) this summer.

While remaining at the New York Times, Hannah-Jones will join the faculty at the UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July as a Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, the school announced Monday.