2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism
Joy Pullman won the 2025 Dao Grand Prize, $100,000, with the rest of The Federalist staff for their series on the Russia collusion hoax.
Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist. Her latest book with Regnery is “False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America.” A happy wife and the mother of six children, her ebooks include “The Advent Prepbook,” “The Family Read-Aloud Advent Calendar,” ” the NEW “300 Classic Books for Ages 9 to Adult,” and the bestselling “Classic Books For Young Children.” An 18-year education and politics reporter, Joy has testified before nearly two dozen legislatures on education policy and appeared on major media including Tucker Carlson, CNN, Fox News, OANN, NewsMax, Ben Shapiro, and Dennis Prager. Joy is a grateful graduate of the Hillsdale College honors and journalism programs who identifies as native American and gender natural. Joy is also the cofounder of a high-performing Christian classical school and the author and coauthor of classical curricula. Her traditionally published books also include “The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids,” from Encounter Books.
Here are some of their reports on the collusion hoax:
Jake Tapper Is Lying About CNN’s Key Role In The Russia Collusion Hoax, Mollie Hemingway, October 29, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Henchmen Behind Brennan’s Fake Russia Collusion Assessment Are Still At The CIA, Margot Cleveland, July 10, 2025
Report: Russia Hoax Was Built On ‘One Scant, Unclear, And Unverifiable Fragment Of A Sentence’, Breccan F. Thies, July 23, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: ‘This Should NOT Be Included’ — Read Intel Officials’ Objections To ‘Extremely Sketchy’ Steele Dossier, Margot Cleveland and Mollie Hemingway, July 24, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Official Who Approved $2 Million Payout To Disgraced Russia Hoaxers Identified As Left-Wing Activist Brian Netter, Mollie Hemingway, August 1, 2025
BREAKING: DOJ Requests DNI Documents Following Gabbard Criminal Referral On Russiagate Conspiracy, Sean Davis, August 5, 2025