Emmy Award-Winning Journalist, Media Consultant & AI Specialist

Olivia Smith is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, media consultant and AI specialist based in Los Angeles. Here is some more information about Olivia:

• She is a versatile content creator and storyteller with extensive experience of 20+ years in print, broadcast, multimedia and digital journalism.

• She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Media Consulting Coaches, specializing in media training, public speaking, content creation & AI strategy.

• As an Adjunct Professor at USC, she teaches journalism, innovative storytelling, digital media management and AI. She created the first-ever journalism and AI course there.

• She has produced stories for several news organizations, from 60 Minutes to CNN, and she spent nearly a decade at Disney, working in inaugural digital positions for ABC News, Good Morning America and ABC7.

• As an AI specialist, she has worked on the GenAI Content Engineering team at Meta, guiding model training and optimizing machine learning processes.

• Through her work at the intersection of journalism and AI, Olivia’s goal is to empower creators to use technology ethically, maximizing their impact with limited resources.

• She is the Founder and CEO of Get Savvy with Social, a media, tech and lifestyle company and blog.

• She is a lifestyle expert and has a Certified Nutrition credential through NASM.

• She loves writing and authored a series of children's books about detective dogs. She is also a published poet.

• She graduated from NYU undergrad and earned her master’s from Columbia University.