Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer-Prize-winning creator of The 1619 Project and founder of Howard University’s Center for Journalism & Democracy, joined Howard colleague and former award-winning CNN executive producer Professor Jennifer Thomas at a MediaFest panel on “The Erasure of Black History” and how to cover it.
The session at Mediafest25 was moderated by DC chapter president Celia Wexler.
The room was packed, and journalism students were full of questions.