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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A Michigan birder invites us to pause, listen, and enjoy the sights and sounds of bird species in winter and spring.
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Painter, educator, and gallerist Nora Chapa Mendoza received the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist Award. Stateside visited her home and studio in West Bloomfield.
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Food critic Lyndsay Green shared new and noteworthy restaurants from the past year in Detroit and Metro Detroit.
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Michigan's pizza chains helped make pizza huge, but they're not the only Michigan bred pizza innovation. We tell the story of the new "it girl" in pizza: Detroit style.
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Steve Amick joins us to talk about the inspiration and the writing process behind his book You Shall See the Beautiful Things.
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In a remote corner of the Thumb region lies the largest collection of petroglyphs in Michigan. The stone carvings were created hundreds of years ago by the Indigenous people of this land. Today, tribal and state partners are working together to preserve the site for generations to come.
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The Washtenaw Dairy is an Ann Arbor staple with a classic ice cream parlor and hometown feel that has been offering dairy products since 1934.
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We take a trip to The Bomber Restaurant in Ypsilanti, where they serve breakfast and lunch staples amidst a sea of World War II memorabilia.
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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.
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Your suspicions are correct. There are, indeed, more urgent care centers in Michigan. In fact the number of locations have tripled since 2010.