How organizers of color are changing the political landscape in Georgia
Political organizers of color have been working to educate and inform voters across Georgia. The state will pick its two U.S. senators in a Jan. 5 runoff election. The outcome will ultimately decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the U.S. Senate.
Nani Walker is a writer, director and former senior commissioning producer at L.A. Times Short Docs, a series from L.A. Times Studios.
Robert Meeks is a former senior director of video for news, business and politics at the Los Angeles Times. A native Angeleno, Meeks cut his journalism teeth as a reporter for the Orange County Register, the Compton Bulletin and the Inglewood Tribune. He joined The Times in 2014 and was instrumental in some of the newsroom’s biggest stories, including breaking news video coverage of the San Bernardino shooting, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize. Meeks also assisted in the making of the podcast sensation “Dirty John.” His work has earned him three Los Angeles-area Emmy nominations, among other honors. Meeks is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach and an adjunct professor at USC. He makes it to Sunday dinner at his parents’ house in Los Angeles every weekend.
