Video: What is it like being a film critic who is not a white man? 14 people tell us
In response to a recent USC study that said most film critics are white and men, we spoke to 14 critics of diverse backgrounds about their inudstry experiences.
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.
Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.
Myung J. Chun has been a photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1999. He started as a still photographer and then moved to videography from 2007 to 2018. Chun won an Emmy in 2011 for his work on a multimedia project about innocent victims of gang violence. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Daily News, a position he started in 1988 while attending Cal State Northridge.
Follow Us
Yadira Flores is a former video editor for the Los Angeles Times who joined the newsroom through Metpro in November 2017. Flores graduated with a bachelor of science in filmmaking and has edited online content for Amazon, the American Cinema Editors, FilmLight, Emmy Primecuts and Moviola. She hails from El Paso, Texas.