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Nekesa Mumbi Moody is an American journalist. A writer and editor for the Associated Press since 2000, she was named global lifestyles and entertainment editor in 2012.

Early life and education
Moody was born in Albany, New York, the daughter of Fred M. Moody of Albany and Mattie Moody. Her parents worked for the state of New York, her father as a senior corrections counselor and her mother as a budget analyst. worked in Albany for the State of New York. Her father was a senior corrections counselor; her mother was a budget analyst.

Moody attended Barnard College

Also from NY Times - October 2007 while volunteering as instructors for the New York Association of Black Journalists annual high school workshop.

“I wasn’t sure I was even going to volunteer,” said Ms. Moody, now the workshop’s director.

Moody, 41, began her career as an AP intern in Albany, N.Y., and later became a reporter in the bureau, covering state news, politics and sports, and contributing to the national entertainment report. She became an editor on the national editing desk in 1998 and continued her entertainment coverage. She was appointed music writer in 2000.