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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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. -
Leoneda Inge chats with Dr. Nikita Y. Harris, founder of the National Black Debutante Project, about her work researching and archiving Black debutante history. -
Leoneda Inge sits down with Mary Lambeth Moore, host of the podcast, Recovering Debs, to discuss debutante societies in the South 鈥� and the daughters who tried to buck the familial bonds of participation. -
From Houston's own Beyonc茅 to Memphis-born GloRilla, from Tampa native Doechii to NC's Rapsody, Southern women are making major waves in the rap industry. -
Leoneda Inge chats with North Carolina poet laureate Jaki Shelton Green about her current work and her writing. -
UNC-Chapel Hill psychology and neuroscience professor Kurt Gray joins Due South co-host Leoneda Inge to talk about his book, Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground. -
Co-host Leoneda Inge hosts an hour of culinary conversation with local chefs Sandra A. Gutierrez, Nancie McDermott and Ryan Mitchell. -
Jenn White speaks with Leoneda Inge about covering the news in this current moment, the second Trump term, and her "If You Can Keep It" series about politics and democracy on 1A. -
Bill Arthur joins Due South's Leoneda Inge to talk about his article in The Assembly about Southern Season's humble beginnings, how it became a Triangle area institution, and the legacy it left behind.
