Publisher Hussman contradicted by J-school dean on his opposition to hiring of 1619 Project creator The Assembly, a new digital magazine in North Carolina, has more today on Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman’s opposition to the University of North Carolina journalism school hiring Nikole Hannah-Jones as a distinguished professor. Short version: He appears to have dug his hole deeper. Advertisement Hannah-Jones won the Pulitzer Prize as creator of the 1619 Project on four centuries of slavery in the U.S. It was presented as commentary and it has spawned a furious counter-attack from conservatives because, well, it makes white people look bad. Political opposition to her, several have reported, led to the UNC Board of Trustees not granting her tenure, as customarily done for distinguished professors.