David Beasley is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. For 25 years, he was a reporter and editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Beasley is the author of Without Mercy: The Stunning True Story of Race, Crime, and Corruption in the Deep South, and co-author of Inside Coca-Cola: A CEO's Life Story of Building the World's Most Popular Brand. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.