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Printed on the second page of each of the 10 daily newspapers that Carolina alumnus Walter Hussman Jr. and his family own are the core values that his publications adhere to: objectivity, impartiality, integrity and truth-seeking. Those values are being embraced enthusiastically at Carolina and will serve as a driving statement behind the newly named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media. With a $25 million gift to the school, the Hussman family is investing heavily in the future of journalism and the media professions and reinforcing those values for the next generation of media leaders being trained at Carolina.

With these core values, the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media is positioned to help rebuild the bond between the public and the media.

 

Walter Hussman, Jr. '68 With a $25 million gift in unrestricted endowed funds, Hussman, his wife Ben and their family make a significant investment in not only students, faculty and staff at the Hussman School, but also in the future of a profession which has the power to shape the world for the better.

Story by University Gazette | Originally published Aug. 20, 2019, on gazette.unc.edu

The first in his immediate family to graduate from college, Rickie David Willis ’75 built a 50-year career in radio and television at stations throughout the country, spending the last half of his career as a news executive in the Triangle area of his native state. Under the auspices of the Campaign for Carolina at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Willis and his wife have created the Rickie David & Joy P. Willis Scholarship Fund with a goal of helping students attend the UNC School of Media and Journalism, particularly qualified community college students who want to transfer to Carolina but could use some financial assistance. It’s the type of support that Willis himself benefited from as a student at Carolina in the early ’70s. He and his wife are paying it forward, in a very generous way.

Story by The Daily Tar Heel | Originally published Aug. 25, 2019, on dailytarheel.com

Story by The Daily Tar Heel | ​Originally published Aug. 25, 2019, on dailytarheel.com

Story by Indy Week | ​Originally published Aug. 21, 2019, on indyweek.com

Story by the University Gazette | Originally published Aug. 20, 2019, on gazette.unc.edu