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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A new report from the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions Team says that U.S. officers kill more people in days than other countries kill in years. -
Detroit is investing millions of American Rescue Plan dollars into getting unemployed Detroiters back to work. -
City Councilmember James Tate and others have delayed voting on the resolution for at least another month. -
Previously, the state relied on overdose mortality data alone to identify areas with higher substance use. Now, it's adding more data. -
The Michigan Public Service Commission said it's expecting to run out of unassigned 313 telephone numbers by the end of 2025. -
A Wayne County judge has dismissed a lawsuit preventing Michigan officials from disbursing a $81 million opioid settlement. -
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has new guidelines about eating fish from seven different lakes across the state. -
There’s been an 11% decrease in violent crimes like assaults, non-fatal shootings, rapes and robberies. -
About a quarter of Detroit's residential water customers were behind on their bills as of late last year. But Detroit Water and Sewerage Department officials say they won't shut off anyone who enrolls in an assistance program or gets on a payment plan. -
Looking for a new read in 2023? Here are the Detroit Public Library's most checked-out books of 2022Detroiters were on the case this year. Or at least, they were reading about the cases. Mysteries lead this year’s top books at the Detroit Book Library.
