Leoneda Inge
Leoneda Inge is 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 is also co-host of 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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The North Carolina-based playwright and actor Mike Wiley has spent the past 15 years performing his one-man show "Dar He," educating audiences about the 1955 murder and lynching of Emmett Till.
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Whether it is from gathering supplies or dancing, Ukrainians in this area are trying to cope and help with what is happening back in their war-torn homeland.
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WUNC's Race and Southern Culture Reporter Leoneda Inge reflects on the past year, and the standout moments and people who fought against injustice in North Carolina.
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The state Department of Health and Human Services reported 19,620 positive cases on Saturday — the third record day-over-day increase for the pandemic last week.
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Because of COVID-19 and the pandemic, there were not as many Christmas parties. And that means there was not as much work for Santa Claus. In 2021, Santa Claus is back — and so are Black Santas.
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The rate of people moving from one residence to another is up across North Carolina during the pandemic — and it's putting a strain on movers.
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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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After COVID-19 outbreaks at other zoos, the North Carolina Zoo registered to receive the Zoetis vaccine — specially developed to protect animals.
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Thomas Faucette, a World War II Army veteran from Greensboro, just turned 100-years-old and is still a school crossing guard.
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In their last two weeks in the country, U.S. troops evacuated more than 123,000 people out of Afghanistan. Some have already started to arrive in North Carolina.