Mercedes Mejia
Producer/DirectorMercedes Mejia is 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 paid a visit to Sleder’s Family Tavern in downtown Traverse City. The owners say the establishment, founded in 1882, is the oldest continuously-running restaurant in Michigan. -
Your suspicions are correct. There are, indeed, more urgent care centers in Michigan. In fact the number of locations have tripled since 2010.
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Whiting Award winner, poet Tommye Blount stopped in to discuss his work and future endeavors.
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Today, we revisited an education program at the Lakeland Correctional Facility that trains people living on the inside in high-end culinary techniques. The program and its students are the subject of a new documentary film.
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Judy Bowman’s vibrant collages have gained a national audience and collector base. We visited her basement home studio to see how the magic happens.
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Judge Greg Mathis is ending his long-running eponymous television show after more than two decades on the air. He talked to Stateside about his time on the small screen, his Detroit background, and how he connects with the people who come to his court.
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Two parents recounted their experience of learning about and texting with their children during the mass shooting on MSU's campus on February 13.
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Cuban Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera is one of the many people striving to re-establish relationships between the U.S. and Cuba. She recently visited Detroit.
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A partnership between El Central and the Race and Justice Reporting Initiative promotes Spanish language local news for residents in Southwest Detroit.
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Michelin star chef Iliana Regan decided to leave behind the buzzing Chicago culinary scene for a quieter life, she found solace in the woods of the Upper Peninsula.
