Mercedes Mejia
Producer/DirectorMercedes Mejia is a producer and director of Stateside and has been with the show since it launched in 2012. Her reporting and producing centers on the intersection of arts, culture and community. Since 2009, Mercedes has contributed to the station in many roles, including as producer for All Things Considered with Jenn White and fill-in hosting. She earned her BA in Journalism and Mass Communication with a minor in Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and she began in public radio as a reporter at KUNM in Albuquerque.
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Stateside regular Craig Mauger joined to talk about the race for chair of the Michigan Republican Party
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What happens when you need to be there for a parent who wasn’t really there for you? Michigan writer Anne-Marie Oomen answers that question for herself in her memoir, "As Long As I Know You: The Mom Book."
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The story of a school shooting doesn’t end with a news cycle. It doesn't end when the cameras stop showing up to campus or when weapon detecting devices are installed at a school. It’s an ongoing story, and one that only the people who’ve gone through it can truly understand.
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Zoe Touray and Aubrey Greenfield are both survivors of the Oxford shooting. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Zoe, now an Oxford alumna, and Aubrey, a current senior, both became involved in gun reform activism.
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Black Star Farms, which partners with vineyards on the Leelenau and Old Mission Peninsulas, gives us a window into their harvesting season.
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Wasem Fruit Farm is a staple visit for many in southeast Michigan. This year marks the end of an era for its current owners.
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The Detroit Bus Company is on the rebound from a break in earlier this month after theves stole several catalytic converters.
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Detroit artist Scott Hocking showed us around the city that in many ways is his studio. He's a specialist in creating beauty in the spaces most people have left behind, but his latest installation is much more public facing: in front of the Huntington Place convention center downtown.
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A group of teens are changing the theater landscape in Detroit. But they're not reinventing the wheel — instead they're building off of the Mexican Carpas theater tradition to create whimsical, bilingual performances. The group is called La Carpa Theatre and is run by artist Karilú Alarcón Forshee.
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The Great Lakes are known for their beauty. But, they are simultaneously dangerous and unpredictable bodies of water.