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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Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams shares his goals for his second term in office. Plus, an ancestor’s coded journals led a NC author on a path to understand himself. -
With measles cases on the rise across the Carolinas, public health expert Noel Brewer talks about vaccine guidance and community health. Then, Durham architect Zena Howard on the Smithsonian museum she helped design — and its moment in the political spotlight. -
Leoneda Inge talks to Henry McKoy about redevelopment in Durham's Hayti. Charmaine McKissick Melton joins Due South to discuss the history of housing in Soul City. Jennifer Player talks about Habitat for Humanity's efforts to build affordable homes in Orange County. -
Leoneda Inge talks to Claudius “C.B.” Claiborne, the first Black basketball player at Duke, about athletics and activism, and how the fight for inclusion continues today. Then, a new cookbook revives some legendary old recipes from Mama Dip’s Kitchen. -
We’re in the middle of early voting this primary election season. It’s a good time to check and see if your voter registration is in need of repair. More than 70,000 NC voters are on the list. We get an update. Plus, was the first rapper from NC? The Broadside investigates. -
Leoneda Inge speaks with a reporter about the future of the park, two planners behind how RTP came together, and current park leaders on how they're adjusting with the times. -
Leoneda Inge talks to Herman Alston Jr. about Black history in Warren County. Tayari Jones talks about the process of writing her fifth book, Kin. And HBCU 101 talks enrollment numbers with NCCU’s Ontario Wooden. -
The early voting polls are now open. And as it happens, authority over elections has shifted away from the governor, for the first time in a century. Then, a columnist for The New York Times and UNC professor about why she never tires of writing about the South. -
State infrastructure growing pains, how students banded together to save a battleship, and a trip down memory lane at K&W. -
Political adversaries Gary Pearce and Carter Wrenn talk about how they became friends and why they are still talking politics with each other. Then, PlayMakers Repertory Company’s production of “Primary Trust” features a vulnerable, comedic, and heartfelt performance from its star, Nate John Mark.
