Callie Crossley

Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Fall 2008

Centenary welcomes Callie Crossley to campus on the week of September 21st. Crossley will meet with students, faculty, and community members.

Callie Crossley will present a lecture, "For Better AND Worse:The Shotgun Marriage of New and Old Media and Its Impact on Election '08" on Wednesday, September 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the Robinson Film Center. The lecture is free and open to members of the Centenary community.

From the Woodrow Wilson Fellows webpage:

"Callie Crossley is a media commentator and public speaker. She frequently appears on National Public Radio, CNN, and C-SPAN. She appears weekly on WGBH-TV’s “Beat the Press,” a media criticism program which examines local and national media coverage. Ms. Crossley was a producer for Eyes On the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, the critically acclaimed documentary series, which earned her an Oscar nomination and major film and journalism awards, including the Gold Baton of the DuPont-Columbia Award, considered the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast journalism. As a network television producer, Crossley also earned top awards for her health/medical stories produced for ABC News’ 20/20. Crossley balances her commentary and speaking schedule with her work as Program Manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, designing and directing the foundation’s seminar series. Through her company, CrossChannels, she consults to both journalism projects and documentary filmmakers and leads media coaching workshops. Ms. Crossley has been both a Nieman Fellow and an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard University. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, and holds an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Pine Manor College."

Topics:

  • Women and leadership
  • Current events
  • Civil rights history
  • Career building
  • Race and media
  • Ethics and diversity in journalism and documentary filmmaking

For more information, please contact Chris Ciocchetti at 318-869-5246 or email.