Josie Duffy Rice

Josie Duffy Rice (née Duffy) is an American journalist. In 2019, she was named president of The Appeal, a news outlet that centers the criminal justice system. Duffy Rice also co-hosts the podcast Justice in America. Her work has been cited by The New York Times, Nylon, and Harper's Bazaar.[5][6][7][8][9]

Josie Duffy Rice
Duffy Rice in August 2020
Born
Josie Duffy

33–34[1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
  • lawyer
  • journalist
Years active2010-present
EmployerThe Appeal (President)
Notable work
Justice in America podcast
Spouse(s)Zak Cheney-Rice[2]
Children2[3]
Parent(s)
  • Eugene Duffy
  • Norrene Duffy
RelativesRosa Duffy (sister)[4]
Websitehttp://www.josieduffyrice.com/

Early life and education

Duffy Rice was born Josie Duffy, the eldest daughter of Eugene and Norrene Duffy, and was raised in Atlanta.[4] She has one sister, For Keeps bookstore owner Rosa Duffy.[10] Her grandmother is Josie Johnson, a civil rights movement activist who organized heavily in Minneapolis.[11]

Duffy Rice received her bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University.[12] She worked for a public defender organization in the Bronx directly out of college, which influenced her decision to attend law school.[3] She received her Juris Doctor (law) degree from Harvard Law School.[13] Duffy Rice preferred writing to legal work, and after law school she began to work in the realms of policy and activism.[3]

Career

Her work focuses on criminal justice issues such as police brutality and cash bail.[9] Duffy Rice advocates for police abolition and defunding police departments as one strategy towards that goal.[9] 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.[8][14][15][16] Her comments about immigrant children missing from ICE custody and abolition were cited in Nylon and The New Inquiry.[17][7]

Duffy Rice previously worked at Fair Punishment Project as a strategist.[18] In 2017 she joined the Justice Collaborative, which houses The Appeal, a website that centers policy, politics, and criminal justice.[3] Duffy Rice was named president of The Appeal in 2019.[19][3]

Duffy Rice co-hosts the podcast Justice in America with assorted guest hosts Darnell Moore, Donovan X. Ramsey, Derecka Purnell, and Zak Cheney-Rice.[20] The show covers criminal justice topics like mass incarceration.[19][6]

Duffy Rice was a contributing writer for the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair guest edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates.[21][22]

Personal life

Duffy Rice is married to journalist Zak Cheney-Rice[2] and they have a son (b. 2017) and a daughter (b. 2020).[3][23] They reside in Atlanta.[9]

Honors and awards

References
  1. "2014 New York City Rising Stars". City & State Magazine. City & State. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. Osnos, Corinne (2020-07-24). "A New York Minute With: Zak Cheney-Rice". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  3. Cammell, Kate (2020-04-07). "Works of Justice Podcast: Temperature Check with Josie Duffy Rice of The Appeal". PEN America. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  4. Wheeler, Candice. "Closer Look: 3 Generations of Family History; National Trends In Non-Traditional Education". WABE.org. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. Sanchez, Chelsey. "Why Christian Cooper Refuses to Cooperate with Prosecution Against Amy Cooper". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. Leonhardt, David (2020-06-03). "When Jail Becomes Normal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  7. Iversen, Kristin. "What You Should Know About The "Missing" Immigrant Children". Nylon. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  8. "An Immune System: Code Switch". NPR.org. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  9. Schwartz, Molly (2020-06-17). "De-funding the police is only the beginning. A radical re-imagining must come next". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  10. Wicker, Jewel (2018-11-16). "For Keeps, a shop for rare and classic black books, opens on Auburn Avenue". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  11. "A multi-generational plea for social justice activism from Josie Johnson and her granddaughter". Minnesota Public Radio. 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  12. MacKenzie, Blake. "Meet Josie Duffy Rice, Racial Justice Activist". www.tchabitat.org. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  13. "Amid Push For Reforming Law Enforcement, Should Amy Cooper Have Been Charged?". NewsOne. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  14. Shaffer, Claire (2020-06-10). "Trevor Noah Holds Roundtable Talk on What It Means to Defund the Police". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  15. "Late Night with Seth Meyers S7 E117 Hank Azaria, Josie Duffy Rice". NBC. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  16. "Slate Political Gabfest | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  17. Nopper, Tamara K. (2020-07-16). "Abolition is Not a Suburb". The New Inquiry. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  18. McMurry, Evan (2018-05-30). "#WhereAreTheChildren showcases the power and the pitfalls of social media". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  19. Inskeep, Steve. "NYPD Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Won't Face Federal Charges". NPR. NPR. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  20. "Dear White People: Keep that same energy when the protests are over". TheGrio. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  21. Fair, Vanity. "Ta-Nehisi Coates to Guest-Edit the September Issue of Vanity Fair". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  22. Flynn, Kerry (2020-08-04). "Ta-Nehisi Coates is guest editing the September issue of Vanity Fair". CNN. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  23. "https://twitter.com/jduffyrice/status/1306016677189038080/photo/2". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-09-16. External link in |title= (help)
  24. "Josie Duffy Rice | 2020 40 under 40 in Government and Politics". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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