The Jerusalem News paper was originally established in 1919 by Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen, a British-American woman who would later become a women's aeronautics pioneer, and who had in the aftermath of WWI served in war relief work in Palestine under Field Marshal Allenby.
[5] In February 1920 the British-American writer and journalist Talbot Mundy, McCrackan's co-worker and personal friend, arrived in Jerusalem.
[6][7] There he became the Jerusalem News' editorial assistant, being involved in writing articles, reporting on current events, proof reading, and editing.
[8] Talbot witnessed the increasing conflict between Arab and Jewish populations within the city, and was present during the Nebi Musa riots.
[10][11] There was no continuity between this short-lived paper and what would later become The Jerusalem Post, the primary and long-lasting English-language newspaper based in the city.