Briana Rice
Detroit Reporter/ProducerBriana Rice is a reporter/producer operating out of Detroit.
She 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 boyfriend.
You can reach her at ricebri@umich.edu or @BriRiceWrites on Twitter.
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A pest known for feeding on oak trees and other plants in Michigan has a new name. Its official name is the Lymantria dispar moth. The invasive moth will now commonly be called the “spongy moth.”
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A new report from the University of Michigan Poverty Solutions initiative estimates that more than 20,000 children in Michigan did not have a permanent home in 2019.
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The Michigan House has approved new penalties for trespassers on some of the state’s busiest and most iconic bridges.Republican Representative John Damoose is sponsoring the bill. He says he decided to introduce it after last summer’s bomb scare on the Mackinac Bridge.
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Preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control show the number of people who died of drug overdoses in a single year in the U.S. is at an all-time high.