olivia jean shepherd is a reporter for political wire - she took up the post a year and a half ago in late 2018, after working for the Boston Globe for two years. olivia is a no nonsense reporter who is unafraid of asking the hard questions if it means pulling the truth from people, even if it can make her unpopular at times. she isn’t there to be anyone’s friends, she’s there to look out for the interests of the american people.