Olivia Obineme (pronouns: she/they) is a photographer, writer and media entrepreneur. In previous lives, she was the first-ever manager of partnerships and local content at the Better Government Association. She also pioneered as the first product manager at The Chicago Reporter. Olivia previously served in product management at KQED. She contributed to various visual and writing teams across the country as a freelancer, including at Vox’s Eater, Chicago Reader, Complex, ESPN’s The Undefeated, and more.
Olivia received her master's in media innovation and entrepreneurship from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s in journalism and new media from Towson University. She is a proud 2011 Poynter Institute fellow and recipient of a 2014 Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Editorial Award for Feature Story Photo Coverage.
See her full CV here.