OLIVIA GOLDHILL
olivia.goldhill [at] statnews [dot] com
EMPLOYMENT
STAT
Investigative reporter November 2020-present
· Write features and investigations, focused on holding corporations and public bodies to account. Report on mental health, reproductive health, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Quartz
Science reporter September 2017-October 2020
· Reported on the pharmaceutical industry, focused on psychedelic research and the race to find a Covid-19 vaccine in 2020. Also wrote on philosophy and psychology.
Weekend features writer September 2015-September 2017
· Wrote several features a week, all of which were published on the weekend, often with a philosophy or psychology focus.
The Daily Telegraph
Features writer June 2014-August 2015
· Wrote regular features, usually pegged to breaking news.
· Reported a series on sexual assault at university. Following on from these articles, the government instructed a taskforce to create new sexual assault polices.
· Led the desk’s online work, representing the features team and pitching coverage at daily meetings with the editor-in-chief. While I was driving this coverage, online monthly readership quadrupled from 800,000 to more than 3.7 million.
Business reporter January 2014-May 2014
· General assignment reporter writing scoops, breaking news, and business features.
Graduate scheme September 2012-December 2013
· Worked at Press Association, Media Wales, and several desks across The Telegraph.
Freelance reporting 2012-present
Published in publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times (of London). Reported from UK Parliament for Metro and worked on investigative teams at The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
New America National Fellow, supported by Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, 2024
British Journalism Awards finalist, health and life sciences journalism, 2022
Medical Journalists’ Association Awards finalist, feature of the year, 2022
Ferriss-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship 2022
EPPY Awards finalist, best news feature, 2021
Livingston Awards finalist, international reporting, 2020
Public speaking including radio, podcast, and TV appearances; talks at philosophy and journalism conferences; guest lectures at CUNY journalism school; profiled by the American Philosophical Association.
EDUCATION
City University London Sept 2011-May 2012
Master of Arts in Newspaper Journalism
Harvard University Sept 2007-May 2011
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy