Leoneda Inge
Host, "Due South"Leoneda Inge is the co-host of "Due South" 鈥� 瓜神app's new daily radio show. She was formerly 瓜神app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 瓜神app Association. She was part of 瓜神app 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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Raleigh鈥檚 major music festival Dreamville, put on by NC native J. Cole, makes the City of Oaks a party for one last weekend. -
A wildlife biologist with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission talks with Due South's Leoneda Inge about North Carolina's black bears and their adaptation to increased interactions with humans. -
A conversation about the documentaries telling stories from the South at this year鈥檚 Full Frame festival. -
One of Raleigh鈥檚 biggest office real estate owners is expanding its portfolio in North Hills. -
Feng was a foreign correspondent based in China for seven years, but was kicked out following her reporting on protests in Hong Kong. -
The 2025 reappraisal sets the property value for more than 100,000 properties in Durham County. Durham County鈥檚 Tax Administrator demystifies the 鈥榬evaluation鈥� process. -
Leoneda Inge chats with Barbara Garrity-Blake, cultural anthropologist and president of NC Catch, and Captain John Mallette, co-owner of Southern Breeze Seafood Co., about their new exhibit called 鈥淩ecognizing African American Participation in the North Carolina Seafood Industry." -
Leoneda Inge sits down with novelist Zelda Lockhart to discuss her life, career and her upcoming keynote address at the Durham County Library Fest. -
Leoneda Inge chats with Durham County Library development officer Sara Stephens about this year's Library Fest. -
It has been six months since Helene ripped through Western North Carolina and perpetually altered life in the mountains. We check-in on recovery, communities, workers, and tourism half a year after Helene.
