Tim Olsen

Biography

Tim Olsen is the managing editor for the Utah State magazine and has been a USU employee for nearly 10 years. Prior to working in higher education, Tim held various positions within the media and journalism industry. After earning a master’s degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism, he returned to Cache Valley and started an online sports magazine called Cache Sports Media. That endeavor led him to the Cache Valley Media Group where he oversaw cachevalleydaily.com and made guest appearances on various radio shows. From there, Tim traveled to Southern Utah where he worked as the Digital and Sports Editor for The Spectrum and Daily News before returning home to Cache Valley and Utah State as the advisor over USU’s student newspaper, The Utah Statesman. Following a foray in the Student Affairs and Statewide Campus realm, Tim returned to the communications world in 2023. Tim earned a bachelor’s in print journalism from Utah State University (’09) as well as an MBA from USU’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business (’18).