Briana Rice
Criminal justice reporterBriana Rice is Michigan Public's criminal justice reporter. She's focused on what Detroiters need to feel safe and whether they're getting it.
She was named 2022's Young Journalist of the Year by the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists. She's also been selected for fellowships with the National Press Foundation and the Association of Independents in Radio.
Briana was previously a breaking news reporter at the Cincinnati Enquirer. Before that, she worked at WXIX in Cincinnati as a digital producer and assignment editor. She studied journalism and digital media at the University of Cincinnati.
When she’s not working, Briana enjoys cooking, reading, and writing poems, essays and short stories. She lives in Detroit with her cat, Tatiana, and her dog, Bertie.
You can reach her at ricebri@umich.edu or @BriRiceWrites on Twitter.
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Michigan Radio consulted residents, lawyers, academics, and activists to round up what renters can do to protect themselves when building problems go unaddressed. -
Election officials say that people can expect the first big batch of election results around 9 p.m. on election night. -
As part of Detroit's recent Right to Counsel ordinance, an Office of Eviction Defense was supposed to be created by October 1. But no one's been hired to work in it. -
Burks, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by police in October, after police say they were called to help him with a mental health crisis. -
Thousands came to hear former President Barack Obama and other Democrats rally ahead of the election. -
Detroit has a new app to help track the city’s hundreds of murals. And it’s free to download. The app is called CANVS Street Art. The company says it now has more than 2,000 murals listed from over 100 cities. -
Around 34,000 patients have been notified that there health information may have been exposed in a data breach. -
One of the country’s largest waste management companies is expanding its footprint in Michigan with a new $35 million dollar facility in Detroit. -
Nearly 240 Detroiters have become homeowners this year thanks to a new program. It allows residents living in foreclosed homes to purchase that house before it goes to public auction.
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The goal of the Detroit Tree Equity Partnership is to plant 15,000 trees a year for the next five years.
