Olivia Reiner, an Eagles beat writer for the _Philadelphia Inquirer_, was named the 2026 Terez A. Paylor Emerging Writer Award winner by the Professional Football Writers of America.
Reiner, the seventh Paylor Award winner, is the first person affiliated with the _Philadelphia Inquirer_ to receive the award.
The Paylor Award recognizes a young NFL writer who carries on the legacy of Paylor through his or her work ethic, professionalism, and dedication to the craft and commitment to improving diversity in NFL media. Paylor, the former Yahoo! Sports and _Kansas City Star_ football writer, died in 2021 at the age of 37.
Reiner joined the _Philadelphia Inquirer_ as the Eagles beat reporter in 2023. Before she joined the Eagles beat, she was the Flyers beat reporter at the _Inquirer_ from 2021-23, earning NSMA Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year honors in 2023.
From 2019-21, she worked as a sports multimedia reporter at the _Milwaukee Journal Sentinel_, where she covered the Packers, Brewers and Bucks. Her video coverage of the Packers earned 2019 APSE top-10 honors. She also covered the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for _USA Today_.
The other 2026 finalists for the Paylor Award were Ashley Bastock (cleveland.com/_Cleveland Plain Dealer_) and Giana Han (_Baltimore Banner_).