Vincent Duffy

Vincent Duffy has been news director at Michigan Public since May 2007.

In his years leading the Michigan Public newsroom, the news team has won scores of national, regional and state awards including Murrow Awards, Sigma Delta Chi awards, a Peabody award, a duPont award and others. 

Duffy has twice been Chair of the Radio/Television/Digital News Association (RTDNA) and is currently a trustee for its foundation.

Duffy graduated from Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) with degrees in political science and telecommunications, and then toured the world as a radio journalist covering news in Australia, Switzerland and South Africa.

After returning stateside, he earned a master’s degree in mass media from Miami University of Ohio while working as a reporter at WMUB in Oxford.

Duffy then had his first taste of a Big Ten school when he joined the news team at WILL at the University of Illinois as a reporter, Morning Edition host, and eventually News Director. While at the University of Illinois he also completed his doctoral coursework in communication research.

In 1997 Duffy returned to Kent State University as news director of WKSU.

In addition to his work for WKSU and NPR in Ohio, Duffy hosted the weekly television news program NewsNight Akron on PBS 45 & 49. His first television documentary, “Sharing Democracy: The Akron/Subotica Partnership,” received the prestigious Telly Award and added Serbia to the growing list of destinations Vince has traveled to cover news. Duffy also produced and hosted several PBS 45 & 49 specials, political debates and documentaries.

Duffy has won several national Edward R. Murrow awards for his radio journalism, as well as a Peabody Award, a Sigma Delta Chi award, a National Headliner award, a national Unity award, and many others.

In 2008 he added Ghana to his list of countries visited when he covered a University of Michigan delegation led by U of M President Mary Sue Coleman.

Along with his obvious love of travel, Vince enjoys playing piano, photography and martial arts. He has second degree black belts in both Tae Kwon Do and Shotokan Karate.

You can follow Vince on Twitter @vincentduffy