Tonya Mosley

Tonya Mosley is an American radio and television journalist and podcaster. Prior to 2022, Mosley co-hosted NPR and WBUR's midday talk show Here & Now along with Robin Young and Scott Tong. In 2015, she was awarded the John S. Knight journalism fellowship at Stanford. In 2023, Mosley was named co-host of Fresh Air, a talk show broadcast on National Public Radio and produced by WHYY in Philadelphia.

Life and career Mosley was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up on the west side by Seven Mile and Southfield Freeway. She attended Redford High School. Before her work in public radio and podcasting, Mosley worked as a reporter and weekend anchor at NBC33 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; FOX 41 in Louisville, Kentucky; KING 5 in Seattle, Washington; and behind the scenes as a producer in several markets including Columbia, Missouri; Lansing, Michigan; Flint, Michigan; and Detroit, Michigan. Mosley reported for Al Jazeera America and KUOW. She has also been the Silicon Valley chief of San Francisco's public radio station KQED. In 2010 Tonya Mosley created NewNaturalista.com. The popular site focused on healthy living, social justice, mental well-being, natural hair, and building wealth for women of color.