Vincent Duffy
Vincent Duffy has been news director at Michigan Radio since May 2007. In his first year of leading the Michigan Radio news room, the news team won more than three dozen national, regional and state awards including a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a month long series investigating education in Michigan.
Duffy also Chairs the Radio/Television/Digital News Association (RTDNA), the world's largest organization representing electronic journalists.
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, Vince 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. Vince also produced and hosted several PBS 45 & 49 specials, political debates and documentaries.
Duffy has won six national Edward R. Murrow awards for his radio journalism, as well as a Sigma Delta Chi award, a National Headliner award, a national Unity award, many others.
In 2008 he added Ghana to his list of countries visited to cover news 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 skiing, and martial arts. He has second degree black belts in both Tae Kwon Do and Shotokan Karate.
You can follow Vince on Twitter @vincentduffy
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The Michigan appeals court has issued a major ruling affecting long-term victims of car crashes. The court says changes in auto insurance law can't be applied retroactively to people who were severely injured before summer 2019. -
Demonstrations were held in Ann Arbor, Detroit and other Michigan cities. -
Former UM president Mary Sue Coleman will serve as interim president -
Second-term Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell of Michigan will not seek re-election to Congress in 2020. Mitchell announced his retirement in a floor speech... -
Republican businessman John James of Michigan says he will challenge first-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters in 2020 in a key state for President... -
Governor Gretchen Whitmer says an agreement has been reached in concept on bipartisan changes to Michigan's auto insurance laws. -
University of Michigan men's basketball coach John Beilein reached a deal Sunday to coach the Cleveland Caveliers. -
After declaring one case of measles a false positive last night, the Washtenaw County Health Department says today there is now a separate confirmed... -
Two Michigan State University athletic trainers lied to police about their knowledge of sexual abuse of students by Larry Nassar, according to Michigan... -
Democrat Gretchen Whitmer has become Michigan's 49th governor. The 47-year-old former state lawmaker from East Lansing took the oath of office Tuesday...
