Lawmakers Editorial Staff
Ashlie Wilson, Managing Editor and Executive Producer
Emmy Award-winning Ashlie Wilson returns for her twelfth season as part of the Lawmakers team and third as the show's Managing Editor and Executive Producer. She produced the program from 1999 through 2006. A Georgia native, she holds a Bachelor of Science cum laude in Communication from Kennesaw State University, where she was recognized as Distinguished Alumna in 2008.
David Zelski, Co-Anchor
David Zelski returns for his tenth season as part of the award winning Lawmakers reporting team. This is his third year as the show’s co-anchor. David joined GPB in 2001 as a full-time staff producer and reporter. A native Georgian, David holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a minor in Broadcasting and Cinema Studies.
Nwandi Lawson, Co-Anchor
Emmy Award-winning Nwandi Lawson returns for her tenth season on Lawmakers and her sixth as the show’s co-anchor. Her work for Georgia Public Broadcasting includes reporting for Georgia Business Report, producing the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards from 1999 through 2005, and serving as coordinating producer for Irasshai, an award-winning Japanese language series. Nwandi is a magna cum laude graduate of Howard University.
Sammy Jones, Associate Producer
Sammy Jones returns for his fourth season as a part of the Lawmakers team and his third season as Associate Producer. He first joined GPB as a Lawmakers intern in 2006. Sammy is a native Georgian and a 2005 graduate of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at UGA.
Valarie Edwards, GPB Reporter
Joining Lawmakers for this first time this season is GPB radio's Valarie Edwards. Valarie previously reported on the Georgia legislature during the '08 session, filing stories for both GPB and WABE. A New Yorker by birth, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science/pre-law from San Francisco's Golden Gate University, and a Master's degree in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.