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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Workers who labor on farms and construction sites experience extreme heat frequently in the workplace, but there are also service workers who face extreme heat. -
BeLoved Asheville is delivering supplies and support to Texas to help communities devastated by flooding – some of the same communities that helped WNC in the aftermath of Helene. Then, behind the music with public radio composer BJ Leiderman. -
Social media influencer Landon Bryant entertains us with “Bless Your Heart: A Field Guide to All Things Southern." We get an update on housing trends in the Triangle. And what federal funding cuts mean for public media stations like WUNC. -
Co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with three NC political reporters about what didn't get passed in the last legislative session and why. And — Raleigh will pay 45 families and individuals experiencing homelessness at least $1,450 every month to spend however they like. -
Jeff Tiberii talks with a Chapelboro reporter about the impact of Chantal on local businesses in Chapel Hill. Leoneda Inge chats with a Durham home chef about sharing her culinary traditions on PBS's "The Great American Recipe." And a sports writer explores North Carolina's big role in the growth of lacrosse. -
Leoneda Inge talks to Duke University's Heat Policy Innovation Hub director Ashley Ward. Jeff Tiberii talks to NC State entomologist Clyde Sorenson. Chefs Melanie Wilkerson and Sicily Sierra discuss their move to Durham and their Southern influences. -
The remains of one of the final victims of the Pearl Harbor bombing have been identified and brought to North Carolina. Neil Frye was 20 years old, and serving as a Mess Attendant 3rd Class in the Navy on the U.S.S. West Virginia. And Leoneda Inge talks with author Kathy Reichs. -
Jeff Tiberii talks to WFDD's Paul Garber about a federal trial over NC's redistricting maps. Historian Tom Hanchett joins Due South to discuss his new book on the history of affordable housing in Charlotte. And comedian W. Kamau Bell chats with Leoneda Inge about his new stand-up tour, "Who's With Me?" -
If there are two things you can count on this time of year – it's baseball and the heat. Leoneda Inge talks with Durham Bulls Interim General Manager Chrystal Rowe about how athletes and fans are beating the heat this summer. And the journey to get the movie, “Bull Durham,” from the big screen, to a book, and now a musical! -
A recovery court plan was going forward in Wilkes County before federal funding was cut this year. Plus, hunting for shark teeth on the Carolina coast.
