The University of North Carolina on Wednesday bowed to conservative pressure, denying New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured professorship at the universityâs Hussman School of Journalism. Instead of approving her application for tenure as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, which came at the recommendation of the journalism department, the board offered her a fixed five-year contract with the option for tenure reviewââa work-around,â as one board member told NC Policy Watch, which first reported the news that sent shockwaves throughout the education and journalism communities. âI am afraid it will have a chilling effect,â