The press organization published a list of 30 “information heroes” whose “courage, perseverance or capacity to innovate has helped to circulate reliable and vital information” during the coronavirus outbreak which has infected close to eight million people worldwide as of Monday.

Among the jailed and persecuted whistleblowers, suppressed media outlets, and courageous truth-tellers who endured real adversity in their efforts to cover the pandemic, the decision to include the entire White House Correspondents’ Association raised a few eyebrows.