Oriana Schwindt has been covering the television industry for most of her professional career, starting with a byline in Rolling Stone at age 20 and working her way through outlets like TV Guide Magazine, the International Business Times, and, finally, Variety.

In 2017, she completed a seven-month reporting trip to the geographic center of every state in America. She has since returned to a more stable life in New York as a full-time freelance journalist.