Josie Duffy Rice
{{Short description|American writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Josie Duffy Rice
| image = Josie Duffy Rice.png
| alt = 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.
| caption = Rice in 2020
| birth_name = Josie Duffy
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1987}}{{cite web |title=2014 New York City Rising Stars |url=https://issuu.com/cityandstate/docs/cs_10132014_all |website=City & State Magazine |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2020}}
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = Columbia University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
| occupation = Writer
| years_active = 2010–present
| known_for =
| notable_works = Justice in America podcast
| employer = The Appeal (President)
| spouse = {{marriage|Zak Cheney-Rice|2016}}
| relatives = Rosa Duffy (sister)
| website = {{url|josieduffyrice.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.{{Cite web |last=Demby |first=Gene |date=July 8, 2020 |title=An Immune System: Code Switch |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/876212065/an-immune-system |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=NPR |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Molly |date=June 17, 2020 |title=De-funding the police is only the beginning. A radical re-imagining must come next. |url=https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2020/06/podcast-episode-defunding-police-abolishing-josie-duffy-rice/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Chaney |first1=Jen |date=September 15, 2021 |title=The Premise is an Anthology Series |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-premise-anthology-fx-on-hulu-bj-novak.html |website=Business Insider |access-date=September 22, 2021}}
Early life and education
Duffy Rice was born Josie Duffy, the eldest daughter of Eugene and Norrene Duffy, and was raised in Atlanta.{{cite web |last1=Wheeler |first1=Candice |date=February 28, 2019 |title=Closer Look: 3 Generations of Family History; National Trends In Non-Traditional Education |url=https://www.wabe.org/podcasts/closer-look/closer-look-3-generations-of-family-history-national-trends-in-non-traditional-education/ |website=WABE |access-date=August 21, 2020}} She has one sister, For Keeps bookstore owner Rosa Duffy.{{Cite web |last=Wicker |first=Jewel |date=November 16, 2018 |title=For Keeps, a shop for rare and classic black books, opens on Auburn Avenue |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/for-keeps-a-shop-for-rare-and-classic-black-books-opens-on-auburn-avenue/ |website=Atlanta Magazine |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}} Her grandmother is Josie Johnson, a civil rights movement activist who organized heavily in Minneapolis.{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2020 |title=A multi-generational plea for social justice activism from Josie Johnson and her granddaughter |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/29/a-multigenerational-plea-for-social-justice |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=Minnesota Public Radio |access-date=December 23, 2020}}
Duffy Rice received her bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University.{{Cite web |last=MacKenzie |first=Blake |title=Meet Josie Duffy Rice, Racial Justice Activist |url=https://www.tchabitat.org/blog/josie-duffy-rice-racial-justice-activist |website=Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity |language=en-US |access-date=December 23, 2020}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Cammell |first=Kate |date=April 7, 2020 |title=Works of Justice Podcast: Temperature Check with Josie Duffy Rice of The Appeal |url=https://pen.org/works-of-justice-josie-duffy-rice/ |website=PEN America |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}} She received her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Bruce C. T. |date=July 8, 2020 |title=Amid Push For Reforming Law Enforcement, Should Amy Cooper Have Been Charged? |url=https://newsone.com/3972685/should-amy-cooper-have-been-charged/ |website=NewsOne |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Trevor Noah Holds Roundtable Talk on What It Means to Defund the Police |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/trevor-noah-defund-abolish-the-police-1012732/|archive-url= |archive-date= |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2020 |title=Late Night with Seth Meyers S7 E117 Hank Azaria, Josie Duffy Rice |url=https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/hank-azaria-josie-duffy-rice/4183262 |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=NBC |access-date=August 20, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Slate Political Gabfest {{!}} WNYC {{!}} New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News |url=https://www.wnyc.org/articles/politicalgab |website=WNYC |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}}
Duffy Rice previously worked at Fair Punishment Project as a strategist.{{Cite web |last=McMurry |first=Evan |date=May 30, 2018 |title=#WhereAreTheChildren showcases the power and the pitfalls of social media |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wherearethechildren-showcases-power-pitfalls-social-media/story?id=55507540 |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=ABC News |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}} 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.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Crowder |first=Chaya |date=June 9, 2020 |title=Dear White People: Keep that same energy when the protests are over |url=https://thegrio.com/2020/06/09/dear-white-people-protests/ |website=The Grio |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}} The show covers criminal justice topics like mass incarceration.{{cite web |last=Inskeep |first=Steve |date=July 17, 2019 |title=NYPD Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Won't Face Federal Charges |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/17/742534886/nypd-officer-involved-in-eric-garners-death-wont-face-federal-charges |website=NPR |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Leonhardt |first=David |date=June 3, 2020 |title=When Jail Becomes Normal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/briefing/protests-steve-king-coronavirus-your-wednesday-briefing.html |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}}
Duffy Rice was recently published in the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair guest edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates.{{Cite magazine |title=Ta-Nehisi Coates to Guest-Edit the September Issue of Vanity Fair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/ta-nehisi-coates-guest-editor-september-issue |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |date=August 21, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Flynn |first=Kerry |date=August 4, 2020 |title=Ta-Nehisi Coates is guest editing the September issue of Vanity Fair |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/media/ta-nehisi-coates-vanity-fair/index.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |website=CNN |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}}
In 2021, Duffy Rice was a co-writer of the first episode in the Hulu anthology series The Premise.{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Danielle |date=July 27, 2021 |title=The Premise First Look at B.J. Novak's Comedy Anthology Series |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/582901/the-premise-first-look-b-j-novaks-comedy-anthology-series-arrives-soon/ |website=/Film |language=en-US |access-date=October 3, 2021}} 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.{{cite web |title=Crooked Media Expands Host Roster For Its Flagship 'What A Day' Series |url=http://www.insideradio.com/podcastnewsdaily/crooked-media-expands-host-roster-for-its-flagship-what-a-day-series/article_9f25b980-fc4e-11eb-926d-633018d1528c.html |website=Inside Radio |date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=August 14, 2022}} Duffy Rice, with fellow co-hosts Tre'vell Anderson and Priyanka Aribindi, replaced departing host Akilah Hughes on July 30, 2021.{{cite podcast |title=Keeping The DREAM Alive |url=https://crooked.com/podcast/keeping-the-dream-alive/ |website=Crooked Media |date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=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.{{Cite web |title=51 Years Behind Bars |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/fault-lines/2022/6/8/51-years-behind-bars |website=Al Jazeera |language=en-US |access-date=February 22, 2020}} 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.{{Cite web |title=iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans Announce Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children |url=https://www.iheartmedia.com/press/iheartpodcasts-and-school-humans-announce-unreformed-story-alabama-industrial-school-negro |website=iHeart Media |language=en-US |access-date=February 22, 2020}}
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.{{cite tweet |author=josie duffy rice |user=jduffyrice |date=December 21, 2016 |title=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. |number=811695085809061888 |website=Twitter |access-date=August 14, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Mackey |first1=Jaimie |date=May 2, 2017 |title=A Family-Focused Wedding in Atlanta |url=https://www.brides.com/story/real-wedding-atlanta |website=Brides |access-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000335/https://www.brides.com/story/real-wedding-atlanta |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Osnos |first=Corinne |date=July 24, 2020 |title=A New York Minute With: Zak Cheney-Rice |url=https://nymag.com/article/2020/07/a-new-york-minute-with-zakcheneyrice.html |website=New York Magazine |language=en-US |access-date=August 21, 2020}} They have two children together, a son ({{Abbr|b.|born}} 2017) and a daughter ({{Abbr|b.|born}} 2020).{{Cite tweet |author=josie duffy rice |user=jduffyrice |date=September 16, 2020 |title=Some news ❤️ |number=1306016677189038080 |website=Twitter |language=en-US |access-date=September 16, 2020}} They reside in Atlanta.
Honors and awards
References
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External links
- [http://www.josieduffyrice.com/ Official website]
- {{IMDb name|nm11649974}}
- [https://theappeal.org/ The Appeal]
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Category:21st-century African-American writers
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:21st-century African-American women writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:African-American women journalists
Category:African-American journalists