Olivia Reiner is a Flyers Beat Reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Previously, Olivia was a Sports Multimedia Reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where she covered the Packers, Brewers and Bucks. She also covered the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for USA TODAY. Her video coverage of the Packers earned 2019 APSE top ten honors.
Prior to joining the Journal Sentinel, Olivia was the Packers Multimedia Reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Olivia graduated with her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2018. Her accolades received at Northwestern include:
Kappa Tau Alpha member
Recipient of the Gary Cummings Memorial Award
Recipient of the Medill Grant
While completing her master’s degree, Olivia produced a 45-minute documentary called Off the Court that premiered at the American Documentary Film Festival in 2019. The documentary was a semifinalist for a Student Academy Award in 2019.
Additionally, Olivia freelanced at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea while completing her master’s. Her written work and photography was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer and am New York.
Prior to graduating college, Olivia acquired professional experience at NBC Sports, WGEM-TV, NBC Sports Chicago, The Players’ Tribune and the New York Islanders.