Pulitzer Prize administrator mocks conservative journalist for questioning why the group gave an award to an anti-Israel journalist

Eliana Johnson , editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon , was invited this year to serve on the five -member jury for the Pulitzer Prize’s National Reporting award .

The Pulitzer Prize administrator mocked Johnson for questioning why the group gave an award to an anti-Israel journalist who downplayed Hamas 's October 7 , 2023 attack on Israel .

Other jurors on the board with Johnson included Zeba Khan , the founder of Muslims for Obama ; Jon Allsop and Julia Preston .