Leoneda Inge

I am WUNC's (www.wunc.org) "Race and Southern Culture Reporter," the first public radio journalist in the South to hold such a position, which explores modern and historical constructs to tell stories of poverty and wealth, health and food culture, education and racial identity. My most recent work includes “The Hanging,” in collaboration with UNC-TV and Independent Lens. (www.unctv.org/content/hanging) The series focuses on the hanging death of a black teenager in mostly white Bladenboro, North Carolina. I am also author of the series, "Perils and Promise," drawing attention to the challenges facing rural educators and students. I have won several awards for my work, including three Gracie Awards from the Alliance for Women in Media and several awards from the Associated Press, the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the National Association of Black Journalists. In 2006, I was part of a team of WUNC journalists who won an Alfred I. DuPont Award from Columbia University for the series "North Carolina Voices: Understanding Poverty." I am a graduate of Florida A&M University and Columbia University, where I earned a Master's Degree in Journalism as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economics. So far, my work has taken me to Italy, South Africa, South Korea and Japan. In 2014, I traveled to Berlin, Brussels and Prague as a German/American Journalist Exchange Fellow with the RIAS Berlin Commission/RTDNF. (https://leonedaingegermany.wordpress.com)