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Josie Duffy Rice
Birth Name:Josie Duffy
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma Mater:Columbia University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Occupation:Writer
Years Active:2010–present
Notable Works:Justice in America podcast
Employer:The Appeal (President)
Children:2
Relatives:Rosa Duffy (sister)

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.[2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Duffy Rice was born Josie Duffy, the eldest daughter of Eugene and Norrene Duffy, and was raised in Atlanta.[5] She has one sister, For Keeps bookstore owner Rosa Duffy.[6] Her grandmother is Josie Johnson, a civil rights movement activist who organized heavily in Minneapolis.[7]

Duffy Rice received her bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University.[8] 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.[9] She received her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.[10] Duffy Rice preferred writing to legal work, and after law school she began to work in the realms of policy and activism.[9]

Career

Duffy Rice's work focuses on criminal justice issues such as police brutality and cash bail.[3] Duffy Rice advocates for police abolition and defunding police departments as one strategy towards that goal.[3] 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.[11] [12] [13]

Duffy Rice previously worked at Fair Punishment Project as a strategist.[14] In 2017 she joined the Justice Collaborative, which housed The Appeal, a website that centered policy, politics, and criminal justice.[9] 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.[15] The show covers criminal justice topics like mass incarceration.[16] [17]

Duffy Rice was recently published in the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair guest edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates.[18] [19]

In 2021, Duffy Rice was a co-writer of the first episode in the Hulu anthology series The Premise.[20] 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.[21] Duffy Rice, with fellow co-hosts Tre'vell Anderson and Priyanka Aribindi,[21] replaced departing host Akilah Hughes on July 30, 2021.[22]

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.[23] 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.[24]

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.[25] [26] [27] They have two children together, a son (2017) and a daughter (2020).[9] [28] They reside in Atlanta.[3]

Honors and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 New York City Rising Stars . City & State Magazine . October 13, 2014 . August 30, 2020.
  2. Web site: Demby . Gene . July 8, 2020 . An Immune System: Code Switch . NPR . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  3. Web site: Schwartz . Molly . June 17, 2020 . De-funding the police is only the beginning. A radical re-imagining must come next. . Mother Jones . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  4. Web site: Chaney . Jen . September 15, 2021 . The Premise is an Anthology Series . Business Insider . September 22, 2021.
  5. Web site: Wheeler . Candice . February 28, 2019 . Closer Look: 3 Generations of Family History; National Trends In Non-Traditional Education . WABE . August 21, 2020.
  6. Web site: Wicker . Jewel . November 16, 2018 . For Keeps, a shop for rare and classic black books, opens on Auburn Avenue . Atlanta Magazine . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  7. Web site: October 29, 2020 . A multi-generational plea for social justice activism from Josie Johnson and her granddaughter . Minnesota Public Radio . December 23, 2020.
  8. Web site: MacKenzie . Blake . Meet Josie Duffy Rice, Racial Justice Activist . Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity . en-US . December 23, 2020.
  9. Web site: Cammell . Kate . April 7, 2020 . Works of Justice Podcast: Temperature Check with Josie Duffy Rice of The Appeal . PEN America . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  10. Web site: Wright . Bruce C. T. . July 8, 2020 . Amid Push For Reforming Law Enforcement, Should Amy Cooper Have Been Charged? . NewsOne . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  11. Shaffer . Claire . June 10, 2020 . Trevor Noah Holds Roundtable Talk on What It Means to Defund the Police . Rolling Stone . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  12. Web site: June 17, 2020 . Late Night with Seth Meyers S7 E117 Hank Azaria, Josie Duffy Rice . NBC . August 20, 2020.
  13. Web site: Slate Political Gabfest WNYC New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News . WNYC . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  14. Web site: McMurry . Evan . May 30, 2018 . #WhereAreTheChildren showcases the power and the pitfalls of social media . ABC News . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  15. Web site: Crowder . Chaya . June 9, 2020 . Dear White People: Keep that same energy when the protests are over . The Grio . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  16. Web site: Inskeep . Steve . July 17, 2019 . NYPD Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Won't Face Federal Charges . NPR . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  17. News: Leonhardt . David . June 3, 2020 . When Jail Becomes Normal . The New York Times . 0362-4331 . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  18. Ta-Nehisi Coates to Guest-Edit the September Issue of Vanity Fair . Vanity Fair . en-US . August 21, 2020 . August 21, 2020.
  19. Web site: Flynn . Kerry . August 4, 2020 . Ta-Nehisi Coates is guest editing the September issue of Vanity Fair . CNN . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  20. Web site: Ryan . Danielle . July 27, 2021 . The Premise First Look at B.J. Novak's Comedy Anthology Series . /Film . en-US . October 3, 2021.
  21. Web site: Crooked Media Expands Host Roster For Its Flagship 'What A Day' Series . Inside Radio . August 13, 2021 . August 14, 2022.
  22. Keeping The DREAM Alive . Crooked Media . July 30, 2021 . July 30, 2021.
  23. Web site: 51 Years Behind Bars . Al Jazeera . en-US . February 22, 2020.
  24. Web site: iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans Announce Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children . iHeart Media . en-US . February 22, 2020.
  25. josie duffy rice . jduffyrice . 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. . 811695085809061888 . Twitter . August 14, 2022.
  26. Web site: Mackey . Jaimie . May 2, 2017 . A Family-Focused Wedding in Atlanta . Brides . August 14, 2022.
  27. Web site: Osnos . Corinne . July 24, 2020 . A New York Minute With: Zak Cheney-Rice . New York Magazine . en-US . August 21, 2020.
  28. josie duffy rice . jduffyrice . September 16, 2020 . Some news ❤️ . 1306016677189038080 . Twitter . en-US . September 16, 2020.
  29. Web site: Josie Duffy Rice 2020 40 under 40 in Government and Politics . Fortune . en-US . December 23, 2020.

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