Callie Crossley
Callie Crossley is the host of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, which airs on Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 7 p.m. on WGBH, 89.7 FM. Her weekly commentaries air Mondays during Morning Edition.
Crossley is also a public speaker and television and radio commentator for national and local programs, including CNN’s Reliable Sources, the PBS NewsHour and PRI’s The Takeaway. She also appears weekly on WGBH-TV’s Beat the Press, examining local and national media coverage, Basic Black, focusing on current events concerning communities of color, and Fox 25 Boston’s Morning Show.
A former producer for ABC News 20/20, Ms. Crossley is a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, guest-lecturing at colleges and universities about media literacy, media and politics and the intersection of race, gender and media.
She has two Harvard Fellowships--from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Crossley was a producer for Blackside Inc.’s “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years,”which earned her an Oscar® nomination, a National Emmy, and the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award (Gold Baton). For Boston Public Radio, Crossley has earned the AP, Edward R. Murrow and Clarion awards.
Reasons to hate Facebook
Claims that Facebook deliberately manipulated stories on its list of trending topics undercuts its role as one of the world’s most powerful tools for 21st century communication, writes Callie Crossley.
Are we reliving the candidacy of George Wallace through Donald Trump?
Separating the wheat: Truth, shame and (slave) history at Harvard Law
Callie Crossley: The NFL has an 'UnSuper' record on sexual assault
Will Peyton Manning be the latest player to get a pass on sexual assault?
What Beyoncé's 'Formation' means to the Clinton, Sanders battle
Should Hillary Clinton be channelling Beyoncé to win younger female voters?
A tale of two fates: Tamir Rice and Ethan Couch
Callie Crossley asks whether the cases of Tamir Rice and Ethan Couch answer the debate about the power of fate versus free will.
Another New Year's list you should make — and check twice
What were you grateful for in 2015?
Callie Crossley: 'I cry for them'
No matter the court victory the victims of Daniel Holtzclaw won - and Bill Cosby's accusers hope to win - all of them have been scarred for life, writes Callie Crossley.
Breaking the blue wall of silence: A quest for police transparency
As the Justice Department launches an investigation into Chicago's police, Callie Crossley wonders whether the code of silence among officers will ultimately be broken.
Callie Crossley: Women in the military are still fighting the battle against invisibility
The women who have served beside their fellow soldiers are still pretty much invisible in the public eye.
Callie Crossley: Community college students are a study in drive and determination
Community college students work hard to get ahead — while balancing important competing priorities.
Think before you pink: Callie Crossley reflects on National Breast Cancer Month
What a handmade salmon colored ribbon once symbolized, is now a near universal pink explosion of commercial products and commercialized events.
Callie Crossley: Will young people take their strength in numbers to the voting booth next year?
Now that millennials outnumber Baby Boomers, they could be a significant voting block — if they vote.