Callie Crossley

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Callie Crossley (2011)

Callie Crossley Y. (* 1951 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American journalist , radio - presenter , commentator and film producer .

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Callie Crossley was born in Memphis to Samuel Crossley, a cost analyst with the United States Postal Service , and Mattie R. Crossley, a teaching advisor at Memphis City Schools. In 1966, as part of the desegregation, she was among only 18 black students attending the local Central High School. She was one of two black employees at the school newspaper, for which Crossley wrote a column . She later reported daily psychological attacks during this time, which she survived and from which she ultimately benefited. She then studied until 1973 at Wellesley College with a major in English.

Crossley's professional career began as a reporter for WREG-TV in Memphis. After a stopover in Indianapolis , she went to Boston in 1977 , where she produced the show 10 O'Clock News for WGBH-TV . She then worked for the ABC news magazine 20/20 for 13 years . There she produced articles in the fields of health and medicine. She has worked as a commentator for the radio programs On the Media ( WNYC ) and News & Notes ( NPR ), as well as for CNN and Beat the Press (WGBH-TV).

In 1982, at the age of 30, she received a scholarship for professional journalists, a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University , where she studied biomedical ethics, literature and history on a one-year sabbatical . She was married to a medic at the time.

Crossley worked with James A. DeVinney for two and a half years on Eyes on the Prize (1987), a documentary series on the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. They produced the fourth and sixth episodes of the first season, which they also wrote the script and directed. The episode Bridge to Freedom was awarded an Oscar nomination and an Emmy , among other things .

In 2003 Crossley was a senior producer on the stationery series This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys . From 2010 to 2012 she hosted The Callie Crossley Show , a daily radio talk show on WGBH Radio. Then she switched to a broadcast of a similar format, the Boston Public Radio . In early 2013, Crossley also took over the moderation of the weekly program Under the Radar with Callie Crossley on WGBH. It picks up on news from the alternative press and news communities, which are often ignored ("under the radar") by the leading media. She also works as a seminar program manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University and is a jury member for various established journalism awards, such as the awards from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism .

Filmography

  • 1987: Eyes on the Prize (TV series, 2 episodes)
    • No Easy Walk: 1961-1963
    • Bridge to Freedom: 1965
  • 2003: This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys
  • 2006: The American Experience
    • Eyes on the Prize: Parts 5 & 6 - Is This America? / Bridge to Freedom
    • Eyes on the Prize: Parts 3 & 4 - Ain't Scared of Your Jails / No Easy Walk

Awards (selection)

  • 1986: Alfred I. duPont – Columbia University Award
  • 1988 : Nomination for Oscar in the category Documentary (Long Form) ( Bridge to Freedom )
  • 1988: Emmy for Best Documentary Feature ( Bridge to Freedom )
  • Edward R. Murrow Award
  • 2011: Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts' Leading Woman Award
  • 2012: Ford Hall Forum's 2012 George W. Coleman Award
  • 2013: Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award
  • Honorary Doctorates from Cambridge College and Pine Manor College

literature

  • Miriam DeCosta-Willis: Crossley, Callie In: Notable Black Memphians. Cambria Press, Amherst 2008, ISBN 978-1-60497-505-5 , pp. 104-105.
  • Bill Brett, Kerry Brett, Carol Beggy: Boston, Inspirational Women. (Portrait photos) Three Bean Press, Jamaica Plain 2011, ISBN 978-0-97672-767-5 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Miriam DeCosta-Willis: Notable Black Memphians. , P. 104.
  2. ↑ Callie Crossley '73 ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. wellesley.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / new.wellesley.edu
  3. ^ Two Black Newman Fellows Ready for Harvard Study. In: Jet July 5, 1982, Vol. 62, No. 17, Johnson Publishing Company, ISSN  0021-5996 , p. 31.
  4. ↑ Series Credits pbs.org. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ Staff ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. nieman.harvard.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nieman.harvard.edu
  6. ↑ Jury ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.journalism.columbia.edu
personal data
SURNAME Crossley, Callie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crossley, Callie Y.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist, radio presenter, commentator and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Memphis , Tennessee