12 Facts About Callie Crossley

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Callie Crossley is an American broadcast journalist and radio presenter in the Boston area.

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In March 2013 she began hosting a new radio program entitled Under the Radar with Callie Crossley and continues to contribute to WGBH Radio's "Boston Public Radio", where various commentators talk with guests about local and national politics, public affairs, arts, and culture.

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Callie Crossley received a Nieman Fellowship, and a fellowship from the Institute of Politics at the Harvard University John F Kennedy School of Government.

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From December 2010 through June 2012, she was the host of The Callie Crossley Show, a one-hour daily talk show on WGBH-FM, 89.7.

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Callie Crossley is a frequent panelist on WGBH-TV's Beat the Press, and a frequent host of WGBH-TV's Basic Black.

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Callie Crossley is a regular contributor on Public Radio International's The Takeaway, and has guest hosted NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin, for which she contributes commentary about wine.

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Callie Crossley is an occasional commentator on CNN's Reliable Sources, and appears regularly on Fox Morning News WXFT-TV.

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Callie Crossley, originally from Memphis, Tennessee, is a barbecue connoisseur with a southern heritage.

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Callie Crossley received the 2013 Alumnae Achievement Award from Wellesley College, the highest honor given to alumnae for excellence and distinction in their fields of endeavor and has been presented annually since 1970.

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Callie Crossley is recognized as a "history maker" in the nation's largest African-American video oral history collection.

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Callie Crossley is a featured speaker on Forum Network, a public media service of PBS, NPR and Corporation for Public Broadcasting providing a free online video lecture series featuring the world's leading scientists, educators, artists and authors Forum Network.

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Callie Crossley sits on several Boston-based Boards including the Boston Museum, the Ford Hall Forum, Cambridge Reads, and the Boston Book Festival.