Callie Crossley is Host of the “The Callie Crossley Show”, a daily live interview/call in program on WGBH Radio, 89.7. She is a Television and radio commentator and public speaker. Crossley is a featured panelist on the media criticism program, “Beat The Press,” is a regular contributor to Fox 25 TV’s Morning Show. She has frequently guested on national television programs, “The PBS NewsHour” and CNN’s “Reliable Sources”, as well as national radio programs, “Tell Me More”, and “The Takeaway”. She also serves as Program Manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
Ms. Crossley has been awarded multiple journalism and film honors, most notably for her work on “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years,” the acclaimed documentary series, which earned her an Oscar® nomination, a national Emmy, and the Dupont Columbia Gold Baton.
A former producer for ABC News’ 20/20, Crossley has been a Nieman Fellow, and an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard University. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, and holds honorary degrees from Pine Manor College and Cambridge College.
Credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S.'s credit rating for the first time in history on Friday, causing jaws to drop across the country, and raising the blood-pressures of leaders worldwide as many held emergency meetings to fend off any backlash this news might create. President Obama will be preparing this week for his upcoming bus tour to reconnect with voters in the Midwest. Meanwhile,…More
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MoreUpdated: Wednesday, 04 May 2011, 7:44 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 04 May 2011, 7:44 AM EDT
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The White House is grappling with the decision on whether or not to release the photos of a dead Osama bin Laden.
The Obama administration is trying to determine whether the desire by Americans to see the picture outweighs the possible anger it could cause among anti-American groups.
CIA director Leon Panetta says it's up to the president…More
Thanks to Gov. Deval Patrick's nomination of Barbara Lenk to the Massachusetts Supreme Jucidical Court, the first gay justice might be on her way to the very court that
issued the ruling making Massachusetts the first state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage. Lenk is openly gay and married her partner in 2003, after it was ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional.
Further, Reverend Terry Jones, the Koran-burning pastor from Florida, posted a video…More