-A conversation with Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte. A discussion of journalism and journalism education in America. The guest discusses her personal history in journalism, the question of diversity in the news media and gender relations in the educational system. Guest: •Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte – Associate Professor in Journalism, Latin American Studies, and Women’s Studies at the University of Texas-Austin. Award winning journalist; former assistant editor at the Los Angeles Times. President of the board, New Journalism Project, publisher of The Rag Blog. Host: Thorne Dreyer; Engineer: Tracey Schulz.