Tonya Mosley is an Emmy award-winning talk show host, writer, and documentarian.

She co-hosts NPR’s long-form interview show Fresh Air, the award-winning podcast Truth Be Told, and the acclaimed audio documentary She Has A Name.. She has interviewed heads of state, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, artists, celebrities, and authors.

Previously, Tonya was the co-host of NPR’s midday program Here & Now, where she led daily coverage during the Trump administration, the pandemic, and the racial reckoning of 2021. On January 6, 2021, she hosted live NPR special coverage of the insurrection as it was happening. She also guided listeners through special live coverage of the Donald Trump impeachment hearings and the funeral of Congressman John Lewis. For over a decade, Tonya served as an award-winning television producer, reporter, correspondent, and anchor for several outlets, including Al Jazeera America.

Tonya has won several awards for her journalism, including two Webby Awards for Best Documentary and Best Advice Podcasts, a 2016 Emmy Award for her PBS series “Beyond Ferguson,” and an Edward R. Murrow and NABJ Award for the 4 part hour-long series “Black In Seattle.” In 2015, Tonya was awarded the John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford University, where she co-created a curriculum for journalists on the implications of implicit bias. She is also a graduate of The Partnership Leadership Program.

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Tonya mentors young journalists and media makers for the International Women’s Media Foundation, the National Press Foundation, the Boston Review Fellowship, and the NPR Emerging Leaders Pipeline.