New reporter joins the Petersburg Pilot staff

Olivia Rose, the Pilot's new full time news reporter, arrived in Petersburg on Sunday.

She was born and raised in a small town near San Francisco and appreciates the nuanced community service role of the local newsroom.

Olivia developed her journalism skills and sharpened her writing chops serving as Editor in Chief for The Lion school newspaper at Loyola Marymount University, from which she is a 2023 magna cum laude graduate in Journalism.

She's contributed writing to multiple publications, including overseas while working as an intern proofreading and copy editing for a creative writing publ...