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American writer

Josie Duffy Rice
Duffy Rice is looking into the camera, and is seated in front of a bookcase. She has long curly hair, tan skin, and is wearing a pink crewneck sweater the same color as her lipstick.Rice in 2020
BornJosie Duffy
1987 (age 36–37)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
OccupationWriter
Years active2010–present
EmployerThe Appeal (President)
Notable workJustice in America podcast
Spouse Zak Cheney-Rice ​(m. 2016)​
Children2
RelativesRosa Duffy (sister)
Websitejosieduffyrice.com

Josie Duffy Rice (née Duffy) is an American writer and political commentator. Recently, she served as president of The Appeal, a news outlet that centers the criminal justice system. Duffy Rice also co-hosted the podcast Justice in America. Her work has been cited by The New York Times.

Early life and education

Duffy Rice was born Josie Duffy, the eldest daughter of Eugene and Norrene Duffy, and was raised in Atlanta. She has one sister, For Keeps bookstore owner Rosa Duffy. Her grandmother is Josie Johnson, a civil rights movement activist who organized heavily in Minneapolis.

Duffy Rice received her bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University. She worked as an executive assistant for a public defender organization in the Bronx directly out of college, which influenced her decision to attend law school. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School. Duffy Rice preferred writing to legal work, and after law school she began to work in the realms of policy and activism.

Career

Duffy Rice's work focuses on criminal justice issues such as police brutality and cash bail. Duffy Rice advocates for police abolition and defunding police departments as one strategy towards that goal. She appeared as roundtable guest on The Daily Show to discuss this perspective and has also discussed criminal justice-related issues for outlets such as Slate, NPR, and Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Duffy Rice previously worked at Fair Punishment Project as a strategist. In 2017 she joined the Justice Collaborative, which housed The Appeal, a website that centered policy, politics, and criminal justice. Duffy Rice was named president of The Appeal in 2019 and served until 2021.

Duffy Rice also co-hosted the podcast Justice in America with assorted guest hosts Darnell Moore, Donovan X. Ramsey, Derecka Purnell, and Zak Cheney-Rice. The show covers criminal justice topics like mass incarceration.

Duffy Rice was recently published in the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair guest edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

In 2021, Duffy Rice was a co-writer of the first episode in the Hulu anthology series The Premise. Also in 2021, Duffy Rice joined the staff of Crooked Media's What a Day podcast as one of three rotating co-hosts for What a Day founding anchor Gideon Resnick. Duffy Rice, with fellow co-hosts Tre'vell Anderson and Priyanka Aribindi, replaced departing host Akilah Hughes on July 30, 2021.

In 2022, Duffy Rice served as a correspondent on the Al Jazeera program Fault Lines, where she examined Tennessee's extreme sentencing laws for juveniles. In 2023, Duffy Rice was the host and co-Executive Producer of Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, a limited series podcast investigating a juvenile justice facility in Alabama.

Personal life

In May 2016, Duffy Rice married journalist Zak Cheney-Rice in Atlanta at the same venue where her parents had married 30 years previously. They have two children together, a son (b. 2017) and a daughter (b. 2020). They reside in Atlanta.

Honors and awards

References

  1. "2014 New York City Rising Stars". City & State Magazine. October 13, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Osnos, Corinne (July 24, 2020). "A New York Minute With: Zak Cheney-Rice". New York Magazine. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Cammell, Kate (April 7, 2020). "Works of Justice Podcast: Temperature Check with Josie Duffy Rice of The Appeal". PEN America. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Wheeler, Candice (February 28, 2019). "Closer Look: 3 Generations of Family History; National Trends In Non-Traditional Education". WABE. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Demby, Gene (July 8, 2020). "An Immune System: Code Switch". NPR. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Schwartz, Molly (June 17, 2020). "De-funding the police is only the beginning. A radical re-imagining must come next". Mother Jones. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  7. Chaney, Jen (September 15, 2021). "The Premise is an Anthology Series". Business Insider. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  8. Wicker, Jewel (November 16, 2018). "For Keeps, a shop for rare and classic black books, opens on Auburn Avenue". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  9. "A multi-generational plea for social justice activism from Josie Johnson and her granddaughter". Minnesota Public Radio. October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  10. MacKenzie, Blake. "Meet Josie Duffy Rice, Racial Justice Activist". Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  11. Wright, Bruce C. T. (July 8, 2020). "Amid Push For Reforming Law Enforcement, Should Amy Cooper Have Been Charged?". NewsOne. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  12. Shaffer, Claire (June 10, 2020). "Trevor Noah Holds Roundtable Talk on What It Means to Defund the Police". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  13. "Late Night with Seth Meyers S7 E117 Hank Azaria, Josie Duffy Rice". NBC. June 17, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  14. "Slate Political Gabfest | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  15. McMurry, Evan (May 30, 2018). "#WhereAreTheChildren showcases the power and the pitfalls of social media". ABC News. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  16. Crowder, Chaya (June 9, 2020). "Dear White People: Keep that same energy when the protests are over". The Grio. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  17. Inskeep, Steve (July 17, 2019). "NYPD Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Won't Face Federal Charges". NPR. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  18. Leonhardt, David (June 3, 2020). "When Jail Becomes Normal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  19. "Ta-Nehisi Coates to Guest-Edit the September Issue of Vanity Fair". Vanity Fair. August 21, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  20. Flynn, Kerry (August 4, 2020). "Ta-Nehisi Coates is guest editing the September issue of Vanity Fair". CNN. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  21. Ryan, Danielle (July 27, 2021). "The Premise First Look at B.J. Novak's Comedy Anthology Series". /Film. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  22. ^ "Crooked Media Expands Host Roster For Its Flagship 'What A Day' Series". Inside Radio. August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  23. "Keeping The DREAM Alive". Crooked Media (Podcast). July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  24. "51 Years Behind Bars". Al Jazeera. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  25. "iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans Announce Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children". iHeart Media. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  26. josie duffy rice (December 21, 2016). "My recollection of decent things that happened this yr, cotd.: In May I got married. That was fun. 2 of my flower girls were skeptical" (Tweet). Retrieved August 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
  27. Mackey, Jaimie (May 2, 2017). "A Family-Focused Wedding in Atlanta". Brides. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  28. josie duffy rice (September 16, 2020). "Some news ❤️" (Tweet). Retrieved September 16, 2020 – via Twitter.
  29. "Josie Duffy Rice | 2020 40 under 40 in Government and Politics". Fortune. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

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