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 talks to National Geographic Explorer in Residence Tara Roberts about her new book, Written in the Waters: A Memoir of Home, History and Belonging. -
Leoneda Inge chats with Dr. Brian Klausner about providing holistic healthcare to homeless patients in Raleigh. -
Leoneda Inge talks to WCPSS superintendent Dr. Robert P. Taylor about the possibility of ICE visits at public schools in the district. -
Kyrstin Johnson won a college national championship in vault for Talladega College in April 2024. Three months later, the HBCU's gymnastics program was shut down due to lack of funding. She talks with Leoneda Inge about her gymnastics journey and what comes next at her new college. -
Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee shares her family鈥檚 history of political and civic engagement, talks about balancing life as a part-time mayor with her full-time job, and delves into Carrboro鈥檚 lawsuit against Duke Energy. -
Leoneda Inge talks with former mayor of Durham Bill Bell about his legacy, the challenges and opportunities facing the Bull City, and about the downtown Durham street that was recently renamed in his honor: William V. 鈥淏ill鈥� Bell Way. -
Dr. Sonny Kelly鈥檚 one-man show, "The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC Black Veterans," is his most recent effort to preserve, and popularize, the history of Black North Carolinians. -
In January 2025, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law, re-naming a Raleigh Post Office on Brentwood Road as Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office. -
Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Ansley Wegner about the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker program and its role in documenting North Carolina history 鈥� from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement 鈥� for all to see. -
A panel of local reporters unpack the week's top stories, including the legal battle for a NC Supreme Court seat, financial help for damage from Hurricane Helene, immigration crackdowns, and the state's first stand-alone children鈥檚 hospital.
