Dave Weigel called McArdle "the original blogger-turned-MSM journo". Journo was a 2013 Lincoln Fellow at The Claremont Institute, a conservative think-tank. She won third "must follow journo" in the 2011 CRAPPs awards as Fleet Street Fox. Elan Journo was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and grew up in the United Kingdom. In 2012, Shipp was named as "Journo in Residence" at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Prior to the 2006-07 season, this section was known as "Journo Phono".