Mercedes Mejia
Producer/DirectorMercedes Mejia is a producer and the Director of Stateside. Her stories and interests center on the intersection of culture, immigration, food, arts and music. Her interviews and features can be heard on Stateside. Mercedes relocated to Michigan from New Mexico, where she earned her BA in Journalism and Latin American Studies. She began in public radio as a reporter at KUNM in Albuquerque. She also brings extensive video production skills from her work at Univision and Edit House Productions.
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Recently, the alcohol industry has seen a boom of nonalcoholic beers: Budweiser, Corona and Coors have all introduced their own versions of them. Are nonalcoholic beers the next big thing? -
How different families in Michigan serve up Thanksgiving, from Mexican mole to Russian potato salad to jeon, traditional Korean zucchini fritters.
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This week, Michigan’s COVID infection numbers exploded into a fourth surge that has worried doctors, overwhelmed hospital systems and left the rest of us asking what could be next. We talk to Dr. Preeti Malani, chief health officer at the University of Michigan and Michigan Radio's Dustin Dwyer about the state's current COVID surge.
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A new Michigan-made film tells stories of veterans deported after their military service because of their immigration status.
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Just three days after being sentenced to 11 years hard labor by a military court in Myanmar, and nearly six months after being arrested, journalist Danny Fenster flew home to Michigan.
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The House recently passed a bipartisan infrastructure spending bill and Michigan is getting ready to spend a significant amount of cash.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer talks about the state’s auto insurance overhaul, and vaccinations for Michigan children ages 5 to 11.
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Staff shortages are the story for this phase of the pandemic and perhaps one of the more difficult spaces this is playing out is in our public education system.
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Chef James Rigato of Mabel Gray talks about what the transformations of the past few years mean to the restaurant business.
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The history of Royal Oak priest Father Charles Coughlin, who inflamed a generation of Americans with bigotry, and pioneered broadcast fundraising.
