2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is the Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist, Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College, and a Fox News Contributor.

She is a New York Times bestselling author of three books, including Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution.

Hemingway is a recipient of The Bradley Prize, awarded for extraordinary contributions to American scholarship and debate, as well as the Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism for her series on the Russia Collusion Hoax.

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