Olivia Smith is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, media consultant and AI specialist based in Los Angeles. She is a versatile content creator and storyteller with extensive experience of 20+ years in print, broadcast, multimedia and digital journalism. She has been teaching at USC since 2018.

Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Media Consulting Coaches, specializing in press interviews, on-camera training, content creation courses and AI strategy. As a journalist, Smith spent nearly a decade at Disney, working in inaugural digital positions for ABC News, Good Morning America and ABC7. She has produced stories for several media organizations, including CNN, CNN Business, 60 Minutes, Al Jazeera, NY1 News and the Columbia Journalism Review. As an AI specialist, she has worked on the GenAI Content Engineering team at Meta, guiding model training and optimizing machine learning processes.

Smith has been honored with a number of journalism awards, including Edward R. Murrow Awards and National Emmy Awards. She co-produced a documentary, Dead Horse Bay, which was the first-ever piece to be nominated and to win an Emmy Award for ABC News National’s digital unit. She won her second Emmy with the GMA team. She was nominated for a third Emmy for coverage of the solar eclipse, where she was one of the television correspondents for the special report.

Smith has several passion projects. She runs a blog called Get Savvy with Social. She is a lifestyle specialist and has a Certified Nutrition credential. She is also a published poet and a children’s book author of a dog detective series. 

Smith earned her master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and her bachelor’s degree from NYU. 

Smith has taught in the Digital Media Management program, and she's taught fall immersion courses for graduate students. She's taught “Engaging Diverse Communities,” “Visual Journalism” and “Journalism Practicum” for undergraduate students. She also created and teaches an AI and journalism course called "Creating with AI: Multimedia Tools for Journalism." Smith has conducted content creation workshops for public diplomacy students, and she has led media and AI trainings through the university for staff, faculty, students and visitors.

Visit her website for more: oliviasmithonline.com