UNC journalism professors protest ‘objectivity’ in news reporting

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  • ericc
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    • 08-05-08
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    UNC journalism professors protest ‘objectivity’ in news reporting
    Jul. 15—CHAPEL HILL — Faculty members of UNC's Hussman School of Journalism and Media gathered Wednesday to express their discomfort with a prominent display of Walter Hussman Jr.'s statement of values in the lobby of the school and on its website.



    Hussman’s full statement of core values reads:

    “To give the news impartially, without fear or favor.” (Adolph Ochs, 1858-1935)

    In 2019, Walter Hussman, a UNC alumnus and owner of a media conglomerate of newspapers and other media outlets, donated $25 million to the UNC journalism school.

    Hussman, the journalism school's top donor and namesake, has played a central role in the controversy surrounding the recruitment of Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, to the journalism school.

    Nikole Hannah-Jones is the architect of the New York Times 1619 Project.



    Last edited by ericc; 07-25-21, 11:19 AM.
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