Leoneda Inge
Host, "Due South"Leoneda Inge is the co-host of "Due South" — WUNC's new daily radio show. She was formerly WUNC’s race and southern culture reporter, the first public radio journalist in the South to hold such a position. She explores modern and historical constructs to tell stories of poverty and wealth, health and food culture, education and racial identity. Leoneda also co-hosted the podcast Tested, allowing for even more in-depth storytelling on those topics.
Leoneda’s most recent work of note includes “A Tale of Two North Carolina Rural Sheriffs,” produced in partnership with Independent Lens; a series of reports on “Race, Slavery, Memory & Monuments,” winner of a Salute to Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists; and the series “When a Rural North Carolina Clinic Closes,” produced in partnership with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
Leoneda is the recipient of several awards, including Gracie awards from the Alliance of Women in Media, the Associated Press, and the Radio, Television, Digital News Association. She was part of WUNC team that won an Alfred I. duPont Award from Columbia University for the group series – “North Carolina Voices: Understanding Poverty.” In 2017, Leoneda was named “Journalist of Distinction” by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Leoneda is a graduate of Florida A&M University and Columbia University, where she earned her Master's Degree in Journalism as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economics. Leoneda traveled to Berlin, Brussels and Prague as a German/American Journalist Exchange Fellow and to Tokyo as a fellow with the Foreign Press Center – Japan.
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The early voting polls are now open. And as it happens, authority over elections has shifted away from the governor, for the first time in a century. Then, a columnist for The New York Times and UNC professor about why she never tires of writing about the South. -
State infrastructure growing pains, how students banded together to save a battleship, and a trip down memory lane at K&W. -
Political adversaries Gary Pearce and Carter Wrenn talk about how they became friends and why they are still talking politics with each other. Then, PlayMakers Repertory Company’s production of “Primary Trust” features a vulnerable, comedic, and heartfelt performance from its star, Nate John Mark. -
Leoneda Inge talks to the conductor of the North Carolina Symphony, Grammy Award-nominated singer Nnenna Freelon and NCCU percussion and jazz studies professor Thomas Taylor. -
The elimination of some campus early voting sites draws pushback from college students. The growing popularity of snowboarding makes the NC mountains a training ground for the pros. And a Grammy award winning Durham musician shares what it takes to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. -
Jeff Tiberii speaks with WRAL's Brian Murphy about Duke University's recent NCAA transfer portal settlement. Leoneda Inge talks to award-winning country musician Rissi Palmer about her new EP, Perspectives. -
The Assembly's Jeffrey Billman and Michael Hewlett unpack an accusation that former Superior Court Judge and current state senate candidate Jerry Tillett used a racial slur. The co-authors of the new book, 'The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw' discuss uncovering hidden history. Poet Diamond Forde shares family lore in 'The Book of Alice.' -
How habeas corpus has played a role in North Carolinians being released from ICE. The Town of Apex is hoping to share the burden of traffic stops. Plus, 'Ms. Pat' discusses her early years in Atlanta and her path to comedy. -
With area schools shuttered following the recent winter weather, we learn about a storm from two decades ago that brought bus routes to a halt and kept thousands of Wake County students at school overnight. Then, the 2014 winter storm photo that keeps on giving. -
Due South co-host Leoneda Inge speaks with a state climatologist about the storm. Plus, a Duke Divinity School professor shares the similarities between a Buddhist monk march and Civil Rights protests. And, the Executive Director of the North Carolina Council of Churches shares her New Year's resolutions.
