Contributor

Biography

Callie Crossley draws on her rich experience as an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker to offer commentary on the media for "Beat the Press," National Public Radio, and other outlets. Producer of the Academy Award-nominated hour of the acclaimed documentary series "Eyes on the Prize," Callie has won nearly every top film and broadcast journalism prize, including a national Emmy, a Peabody, an Edward R. Murrow, and the Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia award (Gold Baton). A former producer for ABC's "20/20," she is currently Program Manager for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard and a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, guest lecturing at colleges and universities about media, politics, and the intersection of race, gender and media. Callie also serves a judge for several major journalism awards and is a wine enthusiast and commentator who writes the blog "The Crushed Grape Report."