Let me point people to the 2012 appointment of a Knight Chair in journalism (same title) at UNC Hussman (same school) of a person who was an advertising executive (completely outside of academia and I believe similarly had only a masters degree). http://hussman.unc.edu/news/bbdo-executive-vice-president-joann-sciarrino-named-unc-knight-chair-digital-advertising-and … https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1395405733148205061 …pic.twitter.com/QY9Nt2rpe1
