Eliana Johnson

1 month ago | freebeacon.com | Eliana Johnson

We don’t get a lot of emails from the Pulitzer Prize committee here at the Washington Free Beacon, so when I received one in November of last year asking me to serve as a member of a Pulitzer Prize nominating jury, I was sure it wasn’t real—possibly a sophisticated phishing attempt, or more likely a joke at our expense. As it turns out, the invitation wasn’t the joke—the Pulitzers were. The committee asked me to serve on the nominating jury for the National Reporting category.

1 month ago | freebeacon.com | Aaron Sibarium |Eliana Johnson

Former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong will return to her role as CEO of Columbia’s medical center in June, according to people familiar with the matter, just a month after going on sabbatical "to spend time with her family" in the wake of a disastrous deposition in which she said she could not recall in detail a single anti-Semitic incident on campus.

1 month ago | freebeacon.com | Andrew Tobin |Eliana Johnson

TEL AVIV—Israel is poised to escalate its military campaign in the Gaza Strip after nearly 19 months of war. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday approved plans to surge thousands of troops and expand military operations in the coming days, an Israeli official said, confirming Hebrew media reports. The security cabinet was scheduled to vote on Sunday to give final authorization to the plans. Netanyahu’s office declined to comment.

2 months ago | freebeacon.com | Eliana Johnson

Former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong told the federal government on Tuesday that she could not recall students calling for the destruction of the state of Israel. Nor could she recall hearing of allegations that students spit on their Jewish counterparts.

2 months ago | conservativereview.com | Eliana Johnson