Stephanie Brown has been the director of the Park Library in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media for 14 years. After teaching and assisting hundreds of students, she is retiring this semester.
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Four newcomers — Shelvia Dancy, Michelle LaRoche, Marisa Porto and Peter Sherman — bring a heap of interdisciplinary experience and enhance ongoing commitments to diversity within the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) demoted the School to provisional accreditation in April 2022, citing the school to be out of compliance with its standards for diversity and inclusiveness, specifically in faculty retention and recruitment.
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The Hussman School of Journalism and Media recently released the 2022 plan of action on diversity, equity and inclusion. The plan arrives one year after the Oct. 2021 routine review of the school by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The school is currently on provisional accreditation status. The plan was developed through a collaborative process with Dean Raul Reis and other members of the school’s faculty and staff.
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University Editor Liv Reilly spoke with Dean Raul Reis about the upcoming academic year, along with the past and present of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
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On Friday, the University reached an agreement with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to resolve legal matters related to her application for a tenured position in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media. The settlement required three key provisions for UNC: an inclusive search process, mental health counseling and reserved funds in the provost's office, according to a statement by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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After a journalism evaluation agency granted provisional accreditation status to the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the DTH spoke with current and former Hussman students about their experiences in the Hussman school and their thoughts on the school's demotion in accreditation status.
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Four UNC Hussman students won individual championships to contribute to the school's 11th overall Hearst Journalism Awards Championship.
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The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication site team's 53-page report from their visit provides details about the standard they found Hussman to be out of compliance with — "Standard 3: Diversity and Inclusiveness."
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A special committee report by the American Association of University Professors said political pressure has jeopardized academic freedom and reinforced institutional racism within the UNC system.
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The Hussman School of Journalism and Media was granted provisional accreditation status by an international professional journalism evaluation agency. The decision was the result of a vote on April 29 made by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
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"Despite immediate, and understandable, outrage at the profoundly irresponsible administration that allowed this to happen, we shouldn’t be surprised that the program’s priorities are so maligned. It’s nothing that the journalism school – and UNC as a whole – hasn’t demonstrated to us before."
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Recently released records show that the scope of the University's inquiry into the emails of journalism school faculty and staff may have been larger than previously thought. Journalism school associate professor Ryan Thornburg calculated that the inquiry might have targeted up to 22 people — and the records show that UNC officials requested access to emails and hard-drive backups. “It indicates that this was not just a performance for donors," Thornburg said. “It indicates that there was some real effort that was put into going deeper after the surface was scratched. Somebody said, ‘That’s not enough.’”
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On Thursday, more than a year after its expected opening in January 2021, the Curtis Media Center held its official dedication.
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As Raul Reis prepares to be the next dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, he aims to emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion, and prepare students to be top professionals in their fields.
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Raul Reis, the current dean of the Emerson College School of Communication, will be the next dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, the University announced Friday.
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