Michigan Public News Director Vincent Duffy has announced that the station and reporter Briana V. Rice have been recognized with a Salute to Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
The award was in the category of Radio – Top 15 Markets for the feature story Malik Yakini and Detroit’s New Black-owned Food Co-op Aim to Build Food Sovereignty.
“To be recognized on a national level is truly an honor,” noted Duffy. “This reporting is so important and demonstrates our ability to share stories that impact all the diverse communities we serve.”
The story focuses on Malik Yakini and his path to becoming the executive director of the Detroit Black Community Sovereignty Network, an organization that helped open the Detroit People’s Food Co-op, a new Black-led and Black-owned grocery store that opened in May of 2024. The co-op’s purpose is to provide improved access to healthy food and food education to Detroit residents. Meeting the needs of the community is achieved through the democratic control of the co-op by its members/owners.
Briana Rice is currently Outlier Media’s civic life reporter. She was previously a criminal justice reporter at Michigan Public.
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced its 2025 Salute to Excellence Awards winners during its annual gala at the #NABJ25 Convention & Career Fair Saturday in Cleveland. For a complete list of winners in each category click here.
Founded on December 12, 1975, December 2025 marks NABJ’s 50th anniversary. The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides innovative, quality programs and services to its members. The organization advocates on behalf of Black journalists and media professionals in the U.S. and worldwide. NABJ’s membership is more than 4,000 strong and includes emerging journalists, professional journalists, student journalists, journalism educators and media professionals of all kinds.
