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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Many young scientists in North Carolina are feeling the effects of the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion. And, federal funding cuts, coupled with the elimination of DEI, are also being felt at our national parks. -
In many ways, North Carolina’s economy and jobs outlook is better than the national outlook. But while the labor market “sputters” along we’ll hear from experts who say Black Women are being hit exceptionally hard. We get the latest from NC State Economist Mike Walden and economists from the Economic Policy Institute. Plus, a new memoir uncovers the family secrets of a NC author. -
Jeff Tiberii discusses RFK Jr's changes to policy and funding at the CDC with former CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen. Floyd McKissick Jr., chair of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, discusses the organization's 90th anniversary with Leoneda Inge. -
Raleigh City Council member Jonathan Lambert-Melton talks about fear, political violence, and rhetoric in the public sphere. Plus, we talk to the “Fall Color Guy” to get our fall foliage forecast. And, next up in our "Meet the Mayors" series: Parmele's Mayor Jerry McCrary. -
A look at the long and intertwined history of school and housing segregation. We talk to the author of the new book, “Good Parents, Better Homes & Great Schools: Selling Segregation Before the New Deal.” And – we hear from the creators of the first podcast produced from prison – “Ear Hustle.” -
Jeff Tiberii discusses the impact of increased ICE presence on local events and commerce with WUNC's Aaron Sanchez-Guerra. Leoneda Inge talks to former NC State and NBA star Chris Washburn. Stars of a new boxing drama at PlayMakers Repertory Company discuss 'The Royale.' -
An intimate look at the life and legacy of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The documentary “Becoming Thurgood” premieres this week on PBS. Then, the legacy of “Mr. Civil Rights” lives on in attorneys like Ted Shaw, the long-time director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights. -
A once-fringe movement is now a message shared by America’s most prominent politicians - 'pronatalism' - or, we need more babies! A conversation about demographics, fertility, and the factors of childbearing. And we visit with the owner of the newly reopening Med Deli. -
Leoneda Inge talks to Miller-Motte College-Raleigh president Molly Carney. And Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, discusses her new book, Peril and Promise: College Leadership in Turbulent Times. -
Federal budget cuts to Medicaid will soon impact patients, hospitals, care, even local economies. We hear from a rural based physician, and journalists tracking the healthcare story. And the author of the new novel "Once Upon a Time in Dollywood."
