Briana Rice

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Forever curious public radio reporter. I'm passionate about engagement journalism, connecting with diverse audiences and telling a good story.
Member since 2023

Location

  • Detroit, MI

Portfolio

Briana is available for

I am looking for part-time work in the following areas: reporting, scripting, podcast/public radio, recording, social media, engagement and audience development. I'm pretty open to any audio/journalism-related work.

  • Fact Checking
  • Editing
  • Recording
  • Reporting
  • Scripting
  • Voice
  • Writing
  • Teaching

About Briana

Hi! I'm Briana, a native Cincinnatian currently living in Detroit.

I was named 2022's Young Journalist of the Year by Detroit's Society of Professional Journalists this year.

I have experience writing plays and short films as well as working as a professional journalist. I'm currently working as a reporter for Michigan Radio, but I previously worked as a breaking news reporter and trending reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer and an assignment editor and digital producer for Cincinnati's FOX19.

As part of my work, I've always been heavily interested in audience engagement and working to build relationships with diverse communities. That has involved figuring out how to get stories to the communities I'm covering and prioritizing stories that I think those communities will care about.

I feel like public radio and audio is a great way to connect with people who aren't always served by media. I like to think of how a story might best reach an audience whether it be through spot news, a feature, a web post or social media.

I'm looking for freelance reporting and social media work. I'm really open to whatever that work might look like, because I'm definitely interested in playing and growing as a reporter.

Briana's Portfolio

"A debt owed, not a handout." Detroit Reparations Task Force has its first public meeting

In April, Detroit leaders held its first ever Reparations Task Force meeting, nearly two years after 80% of Detroiters voted to approve creating a task force.

Tenants are organizing in Detroit. Here's what they're hoping to accomplish.

I reported this story, alongside Aaron Mondry from Outlier Media, about tenants associations forming in Detroit.

Detroiters facing unsafe conditions can withhold rent payments. Here’s how one woman put her rent money aside and got to keep it.

Many renters in Detroit are living in uninhabitable homes, according to a study from the University of Michigan. Moldy walls, water backed up in the basement, broken porch steps and a lack of hot water can make a home unsafe.

But renters do have options to get their landlord to fix the issues. Here’s how one Detroiter did it.

Tlaib censured over slogan: What does "from the river to the sea" mean to people in Michigan?

Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been censured, in part, due to her use of the slogan, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." Here's what Michiganders feel when they hear the phrase.

War between Israel and Hamas is thousands of miles from Michigan. But for many here, it's close to home.

Michigan is home to thousands of people with ties to the region torn apart by war between Israel and Hamas.

The University of Michigan has one of the largest Jewish populations among public universities in the U.S. Some students there have said they have friends and family in Israel whom they expect to be fighting on the front lines.

Metro Detroit has some of the largest Arab and Muslim communities in America. Some members of those communities say they have family in Gaza, and they worry for their safety constantly.

Experience

Skills

  • Social Media
  • Research
  • Reporting
  • Producing
  • Interviewing
  • Fact Checking

Equipment

  • 2 handheld recorders, omni mic, shotgun mic, home recording studio