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Boston Globe
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
GBH's Callie Crossley to be inducted into NABJ Hall of Fame
Crossley's career has spanned radio, television, film, and online media. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Gold Baton DuPont Columbia award, a national Edward R. Murrow Award, and a national Emmy, according to her Advertisement She also received an Oscar nomination for her work as a producer, director, and writer on the PBS documentary series 'Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years.' Crossley's GBH biography describes her as 'a woman for all media,' highlighting her work as a commentator, public speaker, writer, broadcast journalist, and filmmaker. Crossley, who graduated from Wellesley College and was a Harvard Nieman Fellow, also spent 13 years as a producer for the ABC News program '20/20,' where she reported on medical stories including male menopause, breast cancer in young women, and a potential link between viral infection and recycled air in airplanes, according to her biography. This year's NABJ Hall of Fame class will be inducted Friday at the group's annual convention in Cleveland. Advertisement The other inductees are Pam Moore, a longtime anchor for KRON4 in San Francisco; Gregory L. Moore, the former top editor of The Denver Post and a former manager editor for The Boston Globe; Leon H. Carter, a former sports editor for the New York Daily News and ESPN vice president who is now editor-at-large for The Athletic; Cecil Williams, a photojournalist for more than six decades who 'owns the largest image collection of racial change in America'; Bob Reid, a winner of three national Emmys and the first broadcast journalist to serve as NABJ's president from 1979 to 1981; Leon D. Bibb, a Cleveland newscaster who has spent more than 50 years in television news; and Wayne Dawson, an 11-time Emmy winner and ordained minister who serves as co-anchor of WJW/Fox 8 New in the Morning in Cleveland. Nick Stoico can be reached at
Indianapolis Star
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Once voted Indy's best sportscaster, longtime WTHR personality Don Hein dies: 'That's all sports fans. I'll be hanging up now'
INDIANAPOLIS – Don Hein, the face of Indianapolis sports for more than 30 years at Channel 13 who never backed down from getting a scoop, was quick-witted and outspoken and who was always flashing his signature, brightly-lit smile, has died. Hein, a standout high school and college athlete who turned his love of playing sports into a "dream career," landing exclusive interviews with the fiery IU coach Bob Knight and becoming a fixture at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was in hospice care when he died July 3. He was 85 years old. It was 1969 when Hein got his start in Indianapolis at then-WLWI Channel 13 covering the ABA days of the Indiana Pacers while being the television play-by-play announcer for the team, including the Pacers' three ABA titles. He went on to have an illustrious career that included covering the modern-day Pacers, the Indianapolis Colts, IndyCar, IU, Purdue, high school basketball, football, baseball, an occasional Indianapolis Indians game and everything in between. Hein's coverage through three decades earned him the trust of viewers and respect of the sports figures he covered. He was once ranked, in an unofficial poll of television viewers in the 1980s, as the best sportscaster in the city. He was honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for exemplary reporting and was inducted into the Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame and the Indiana Television Pioneers Hall of Fame. "Don was a great writer and quick witted," Rich Nye, a reporter with WTHR, posted to Facebook. "He may have been best known for his on-and-off relationship with Bob Knight. But whenever Bob made news, Don was a guy who could usually get a TV interview with Knight." Journalist Dick Mittman dies: He covered every big sports story from Bob Knight to IndyCar Doyel: Bob Knight didn't like many sportswriters. But he trusted Bob Hammel. Why? Spend time with him Inside the WTHR newsroom, Hein was known as the "local grammarian" and his reports were always meticulously prepared, said Nye, who grew up watching Hein having no idea he would one day be reporting to him as his sports director. After Hein's death, memories and condolences poured out on social media. Just one year after arriving in Indianapolis, Hein was at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum for a Pacers game when fan Scott Goudy accidentally spilled an orange soda all over him. "He was so kind," Goudy said. "Two weeks later I received an Indiana Pacers autographed official ABA ball. What a great man." Rob Walters shared memories of how Hein looked out for the kids at IMS. "If you were in the pits, Don would call out drivers and say 'Hey ___ why don't you come over and sign some autographs for these kids?'" Walters said. "And the drivers would." For sports fans in Indy, Hein was the man people turned to, not just for his reports but for his magnetic personality. In addition to his passion for journalism, he also played tuba and had a penchant for tap dancing. "Donald Ray Hein may have left this world, but his legacy, compassion and success will continue to live in the hearts of all who admired him," reads Hein's obituary. "In the words of Don Hein: 'That's all sports fans... I'll be hanging up now.'" Hein was born May 24, 1940 in Oelwein, Iowa to the late Rev. Herman and Marie (Reyelts) Hein. From a young age, he quickly showed he would be a remarkable athlete. At Waverly High School, Hein played for the conference champion football team, was a pitcher on the baseball team and played forward for the basketball team. He was named First-Team All-State in basketball after leading his team to the championship game of the Class A Iowa state tournament. Hein was named Athlete of the Year at Wartburg College, holding basketball records for his scoring average (22 points per game) and his .861 free throw percentage. He played his last two years of college basketball at the University of Northern Iowa, where he started for legendary coach, Norm Stewart, and was twice named to the All-Conference first team. He graduated with a major in speech and english. His broadcasting career began at WMBD-TV in Peoria, Illinois, where he met long-time weather colleague, Bob Gregory. That coworker partnership would be one for the ages with Hein and Gregory bantering for decades at Channel 13 in Indianapolis, where they both eventually landed. A small blurb on Page 24 of the Oct 10, 1969, Indianapolis Star told the city of Hein's arrival. "Sports director Brian Madden is leaving Channel 13 and his post as voice of the Indiana Pacers. He will be replaced by Don Hein in both roles. Hein comes to WLWI TV from Peoria, Illinois, where he has been sports director since 1966." Throughout his 33 years as sports director, Hein had a no-nonsense style of "telling it like it is." When an IndyStar television critic wrote a piece calling him "toupeed Hein," he retorted with a blazing letter to the editor calling out that critic. Hein ended the letter: "By the way, fat and untalented, if you're going to report only that I wear a piece you should also know that I have four capped teeth and have an arm that was broken in four places when I was a kid and it's slightly bowed. I also wear glasses." His raw, brutally honest style earned Hein a place in the heart of IU's Knight who wasn't a coach who had many places in his heart for the press. After allegations emerged from former IU player Neil Reed in March 2000 accusing Knight of choking him at a practice in 1997, Hein landed Knight's first interview. Knight denied the allegations, calling them "absurd" and characterizing them as a mixture of exaggerations and outright lies. He told Hein the journalists responsible for the report should be fired. "Sometimes I kind of grab a player," Knight told Hein a day after the allegations were made public. "Maybe I grab Neil Reed by the shoulder. Maybe I took him by the back of the neck. I don't know. I don't remember everything I've ever done in practices." Knight said any physical contact that occurred was simply an application of the techniques he has used with "100 other players that have been here." He then went on to conduct an on-camera demonstration on Hein of how he positioned players in practice. Those were the kind of reports Indy had come to expect from Hein so, when he retired, the city missed him and made sure the station knew it. In what became for several years a semi-retirement for Hein, he was called back by WTHR for stories on occasion. "My love of sports will never fade," Hein said in a 2001 IndyStar article. "I have noticed one thing since I'm at home much more than when I was working regularly. My wife doesn't think I'm right as much as she used to," Hein said in 2001. "Could it be that I may have been reduced in rank a bit? We're still working out the tempo on that one." Once officially retired, Hein was an avid golfer — often at the helm of outings raising money for nonprofits. He also played racquetball, pickle ball and ballroom danced with his wife. He was on the board of directors of the Indianapolis Symphonic Band, announcing concerts for them and The New Horizons Band while also being a member of the tuba section. He was a volunteer teacher at Butler University, read to the blind and officiated youth sports. "Don found joy in the simple moments of togetherness with family and friends," his obituary reads. When Jeff Hodges ran into Hein last year at the Kroger store in Broad Ripple, he approached him to tell him what a big fan he had been of Hein and Gergory since the 1970s. "He told me, 'Wait here. I'll be right back,'" Hodges said. "He returned with his wife and told me to repeat what I had told him and then started to brag about it to her. He was just as fun and friendly in person as he was on all of his broadcasts. A real local legend." Margaret Griggs posted she "made it through (Hein's) obituary smiling often because of his accomplishments, and the wonderful memories I have of him, but ended up shedding tears" at the end. "Don I want to thank you for bringing sports into my life. I never really cared about them because neither of my parents did. Just the way you announced them and talked about them drew me in. You'll never be forgotten." Hein is survived by his wife, Helen; daughters Lisa (David) Goode and Amy Armstrong; step-children Danell (Gary) Duff, Doug (Jennifer) Dulin, and Darron (Teresa) Dulin; grandchildren Kasey (AJ) Hodges, Shanon (Justin) Bannister, Jay, Benjamin and Daniel Armstrong; six great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife of nearly 50 years, Judith Ann and daughter Michelle Ann Hein. There will be a celebration of life for Hein July 11 at Indiana Funeral Care, 8151 Allisonville Road with visitation 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. followed by services. Make a donation to Alzheimer's Association - National Office in memory of Donald Ray Hein
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Vaughn Hillyard To Join MSNBC As Network Taps Additional Correspondents In Advance Of Split From Comcast
Vaughn Hillyard will join MSNBC as senior White House correspondent, as the network has hired a group of journalists for its team in advance of its split from Comcast and sister network NBC News. Hillyard has been an NBC News White House correspondent but has contributed to MSNBC. More from Deadline Senate Strikes AI Moratorium From Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" Donald Trump Talks Of Deporting Elon Musk And Unleashing DOGE On Him: "We'll Have To Take A Look" Senator Backs Away From Compromise Over AI Moratorium In Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" - Update Also joining MSNBC will be Laura Barrón-López as White House correspondent, David Noriega as MSNBC correspondent, and Marc Santia as an investigative correspondent. The split, expected to be completed later this year, has left questions of who will go where. Figures like Andrea Mitchell and José Díaz-Balart are staying with NBC News, while figures like Ken Dilanian and Antonia Hylton are landing at MSNBC. MSNBC will be part of Versant, the newly branded entity of cable networks and other media properties formerly owned by Comcast. With NBC News no longer a sister network, MSNBC is building up its own news division. Hillyard has covered three presidential elections for the network, and landed interviews with figures like Steve Bannon, just before he served a four-month prison sentence. Hillyard also interviewed Vice President Mike Pence in 2018 following the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, among other high profile assignments. Barrón-López was White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour and a CNN political analyst. She also covered the Biden administration for Politico, and was part of the PBS team that won a Peabody for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. Noriega will be based in Los Angeles. He was a national correspondent for NBC News and reported across the country and international on issues including migration. He received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting from Mexico. Santia was a reporter on criminal justice, security issues and investigations for NBC4 in New York since 2012. He's covered national stories, including mass shootings and natural disasters, and won a regional Murrow award for a story on a former United Airlines flight attendant who honored friends and coworkers lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Best of Deadline 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg Everything We Know About 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery
NDTV
28-06-2025
- NDTV
Who is Thomas LeGro, Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Facing Child Porn Charges
Award-winning US journalist Thomas Pham LeGro has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography images on his computer. The 48-year-old was working as a deputy video editor at the Washington Post. The search warrant was carried out when agents noticed what looked to be broken bits of a hard drive in the corridor outside the room where LeGro's company laptop was kept, according to the press release from the US Department of Justice The charge, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years imprisonment, was announced by US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Who is Thomas Pham LeGro? Born in 1977, Thomas Pham LeGro graduated with a degree in English in 1998 from George Mason University, Virginia, and later pursued a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the same college. He worked at the Washington Post for a total of 18 years across two stints. He first joined the publication in 2000 as an Agate Editor, was promoted to Page Designer in 2003, and later became a Copy Editor, serving for six years during this initial tenure. In 2006, Thomas Pham LeGrojoined PBS NewsHour as a Reporter/Producer, where he worked for nearly seven years. He returned to The Washington Post in 2013 as a Video Editor and was subsequently promoted to Senior Video Producer, then Executive Producer for Explanatory Video. Since February 2024, he has been serving as Deputy Director of Video. Thomas Pham LeGro is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Robin Toner Prize, and both the Webby Award and the People's Voice Award. On June 26, FBI agents from the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force carried out a search warrant at Mr LeGro's home and confiscated various electronic devices. When Mr LeGro's work laptop was examined, a folder containing 11 videos showing child sexual abuse content was found.
Hindustan Times
27-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Who is Thomas Pham LeGro and what did Washington Post editor do? Details on pornography charges
Thomas Pham LeGro, an award-winning journalist with The Washington Post, was charged Friday with possession of child pornography, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Washington Post editor Thomas Pham LeGro is facing child pornography charges(X) The 48-year-old journalist was the subject of an FBI investigation, which led to the execution of a search warrant at his home on June 26. During the search, federal agents seized several electronic devices. 'A review of LeGro's work laptop revealed a folder that contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material,' the press release stated. 'During the execution of the search warrant agents observed what appeared to be fractured pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where LeGro's work laptop was found.' Read More: Donald Trump says terminating trade talks with Canada over digital services tax, warns of new tariff 'This case is being investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, which is composed of FBI agents, along with other federal agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. The task force is charged with investigating and bringing federal charges against individuals engaged in the exploitation of children and those engaged in human trafficking,' it added. Who is Thomas Pham LeGro? According to Fox5DC,Thomas Pham LeGro joined The Washington Post in 2013 as a video editor on the breaking news desk. By 2015, he had been promoted to senior producer, overseeing the International, Style, and Technology teams. In 2017, LeGro was part of the Post team that received a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Senate candidacy of Roy Moore. In 2021, he was named executive producer, leading the outlet's Politics, National, International, and Technology video teams. His accolades include a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2018 (as part of a team) and an Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative journalism.
