Leoneda Inge
Leoneda Inge is WUNC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 is also co-host of the podcast , allowing for even more in-depth storytelling on those topics.
Leoneda鈥檚 most recent work of note includes 鈥�,鈥� produced in partnership with Independent Lens; a series of reports on 鈥�,鈥� winner of a Salute to Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists; and the series 鈥�,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 暗黑爆料 Association. She was part of WUNC team that won an Alfred I. duPont Award from Columbia University for the group series 鈥� 鈥�.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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Many historically black colleges are seeing an uptick in enrollment this year. It follows a Supreme Court ruling that outlawed race as a determining factor in college admissions.
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When the house where the iconic '80s baseball movie "Bull Durham" was filmed went on the market, it attracted a lot more fans than buyers.
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Forty years after Warren County, N.C., residents marched to a landfill to try to stop dump trucks, the EPA is creating an office for advancing environmental justice. (Aired on ATC on Oct. 3, 2022.)
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Forty years after Warren County, N.C., residents marched to a landfill to try to stop dump trucks, the EPA is creating a new office charged with advancing environmental justice.
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Fans in North Carolina react to the clash between what may be college basketball's biggest rivalry, as UNC wins over Duke and is headed to the national championship.
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Dozens of zoos around the United States have decided to vaccinate some of their animals for COVID. There's concern the animals could catch the virus from their handlers.
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This summer, even the most crowded pools are struggling to hire enough lifeguards, and are cutting hours as a result. In a rebounding economy, teens are opting for higher-paying jobs or no job at all. -
The meat industry traditionally has been a male-dominated field. But as demand for local meat grows, that's made more room for women to carve out ownership roles in the business. -
The Fisk Jubilee Singers are known for their near-perfect voices and performances of African-American spiritual songs. Now the choir's musical director is on the road, mentoring to young groups across the South. He's also hoping to preserve the songs too. -
The Chinese computer maker is trying to boost its brand and U.S. market share as other high-tech firms, including Motorola, plan to manufacture here. North Carolina officials say the plant in Whitsett is a sign of manufacturing's return from overseas.
