Congratulations to Charles Krauthammer!

Charles Krauthammer Wins Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and FOX News commentator Charles Krauthammer has won the 11th annual Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has won the 11th annual Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Krauthammer -- a regular panelist on FOX News' "Special Report" whose weekly column in The Washington Post is syndicated in more than 200 newspapers worldwide -- won the $20,000 award for depicting "love of country and its democratic institutions," the Eric Breindel Foundation announced Thursday.

"I was surprised and extremely gratified," Krauthammer told FOXNews.com. "I was very happy when I got the call. It means a lot because I knew Eric, he was a friend of mine and he was a courageous journalist. To win an award in honor of him is extremely gratifying."