Leoneda Inge
Host, "Due South"Leoneda Inge is the co-host of "Due South" 鈥� 吉彩网网站's new daily radio show. She was formerly 吉彩网网站鈥檚 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鈥檚 most recent work of note includes 鈥�A Tale of Two North Carolina Rural Sheriffs,鈥� produced in partnership with Independent Lens; a series of reports on 鈥�Race, Slavery, Memory & Monuments,鈥� winner of a Salute to Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists; and the series 鈥�When a Rural North Carolina Clinic Closes,鈥� 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 吉彩网网站 team that won an Alfred I. duPont Award from Columbia University for the group series 鈥� 鈥�North Carolina Voices: Understanding Poverty.鈥� In 2017, Leoneda was named 鈥淛ournalist of Distinction鈥� 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 鈥� Japan.
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Leoneda Inge sits down with Kenny Mann, leader of the soul and R&B group Liquid Pleasure to discuss his career and his experiences performing at presidential inaugurations. -
We鈥檙e deep in inauguration season 鈥� Governor Josh Stein, a Democrat, recently took his oath. And soon Republican Donald Trump, the 47th President, will do the same. -
Leoneda Inge chats with Maggie Robe of Flyleaf Books about some of the most anticipated new releases of the new year. -
A story from The Bitter Southerner about a North Carolina farmer working to build a just and sustainable food system on land once used to extract and exploit. -
Leoneda Inge sits down with Dr. Zach Willis to discuss how norovirus is contracted and how to prevent it this winter. -
Co-host Leoneda Inge sits down with Dr. Nia S. Mitchell to discuss weight management in the new year and Ronald Young Jr. to chat about his podcast, 'Weight for It.' -
Former News & Observer political columnist Rob Christensen talks about his recent story in the N&O: 鈥淛immy Carter and NC were a perfect match 鈥� until tobacco and UNC came between them.鈥� -
Leoneda Inge chats with comedian and author Maria Bamford about her career, her mental health advocacy and her tour dates in Durham and Charlotte. -
Leoneda Inge chats with the president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region about President Jimmy Carter's legacy of volunteerism with the organization. -
We talk with New York Times reporter Maya King about how the southern swing states of Georgia and North Carolina are moving forward after the 2024 presidential election. And 鈥� in the New Year, Democrats may have weakened Republican control of the state legislature, but not by much.
