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RT @john_drescher: EXCLUSIVE: In emails, the UNC journalism school’s largest donor warned university leaders against hiring Nikole Hannah-Jones. My reporting for @TheAssemblyNC.
https://t.co/n6Gujg57zs
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Mega-Donor, and the Future of Journalism
Emails obtained by The Assembly show that UNC-Chapel Hill’s largest journalism-school donor warned against Nikole Hannah-Jones’ hiring. Their divergent views represent a new front in the ...
RT @MiriamElder: whew https://t.co/kQQ3xMKjHp
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‘These Blazing Stars … Just Disappeared’: The Missing Generation of Women at the Washington Post
The Post made history this week by appointing its first female executive editor. But why did the newspaper have to look outside its own ranks for a woman to lead the newroom?