Olivia Nuzzi

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Olivia Nuzzi
Born (1993-01-06) January 6, 1993 (age 31)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
Education Fordham University
Years active2011–present
Partner Ryan Lizza (engaged 2022–2024)

Olivia Nuzzi (born January 6, 1993) [1] is an American political reporter who was the Washington, D.C. correspondent for New York magazine. The magazine placed her on leave on September 19, 2024, after she disclosed having a "personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign." [2] News outlets subsequently reported that the person in question was former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. [3]

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Early life and education

Nuzzi was born in New York City. She is the daughter of Kelly and John Nuzzi. John Nuzzi, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, worked for the New York City Department of Sanitation for 20 years, and died in December 2015. [4] [5] Nuzzi wrote about her father after his death for The Daily Beast. [5] Her mother, Kelly Nuzzi, died in February 2021. After her death, Nuzzi wrote about her for New York magazine. [6] She has a brother, Jonathan. [4]

Nuzzi grew up in the River Plaza neighborhood of Middletown Township, New Jersey. [7] Nuzzi attended and graduated from Middletown High School South. [7]

She attended Fordham University. [8]

Career

She began her writing career as a teenager in 2011, as a monthly political columnist for the triCityNews, an alt weekly based in Asbury Park, New Jersey. [7] She also wrote for More Monmouth Musings, a politically conservative blog and news website. [7]

Weiner mayoral campaign

While she was a 20-year-old junior at Fordham University in 2013, Nuzzi volunteered as an intern for Anthony Weiner's New York City mayoral campaign. [9] During her brief stint with the campaign, she was hired as a staff writer by NSFWcorp and described her experiences as an intern on the Weiner campaign in a blog post on July 28, 2013. [10] In it, she asserted that Weiner referred to her and another female intern as "Monica," that an unnamed source told her that Weiner had lied to his campaign manager, who had quit as a result, and that the manager was one of a "series of staffers who have fled the campaign". [9]

The New York Daily News commissioned her to write a follow-up article about the campaign [11] that became a July 30, 2013, front-page story. [9] According to Nuzzi, some of her fellow interns were working in the campaign because they were hoping to meet Weiner's wife Huma Abedin, and, through Abedin, her boss Hillary Clinton, to be involved in Clinton's anticipated run for the presidency. [9]

In an interview with Talking Points Memo that was published that day, Weiner Communications Director Barbara Morgan, who later said she thought her interview was off the record, used several profane and vulgar slurs to describe Nuzzi and said Nuzzi "was clearly there because she wanted to be seen.... she would just not show up for work," that Nuzzi had signed and violated a non-disclosure agreement, and that Morgan had earlier "tried to fire her, but she begged to come back and I gave her a second chance." [12] Morgan later apologized to Nuzzi, and Nuzzi accepted the apology. [8]

Presidential campaigns and national correspondent

Nuzzi was hired by The Daily Beast in May 2014 while still attending Fordham. [13] Nuzzi left school before graduating to take the job. [7] At The Daily Beast, Nuzzi covered the presidential campaigns of Rand Paul and Chris Christie, as well as Donald Trump's political rise.

In November 2016, Politico named Nuzzi one of the "16 Breakout Media Stars" of the presidential election. [14] In December 2016, Mediaite listed Nuzzi as one of 2016's 25 "most influential" people in news media. [15] In 2018, Forbes included Nuzzi on its annual "30 Under 30" list. [16]

In February 2017, Nuzzi was hired by New York magazine to be its Washington correspondent. [17] She has also written for Politico Magazine , [18] GQ , Esquire , [19] and The Washington Post . [20]

In early 2018, Nuzzi admitted to entering the home office of Corey Lewandowski, Trump's former campaign manager, without permission, and taking a photo, while Lewandowski accused her of also taking a photo album of his. [21] [22] Nuzzi said: "You know, I just walked into the house, because nobody was answering at the door." [23] She left the home after texting her boyfriend. Nuzzi said he advised her that "it probably wasn't legal and that I should leave. I was like, 'Fuck.'" [21] [23]

In October 2018, Trump invited Nuzzi into the Oval Office for an exclusive interview. [24]

In September 2024, Nuzzi was put on leave from New York Magazine after she acknowledged being in a non-physical "personal relationship" with presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [25]

Television

In 2022, AMC announced that Nuzzi would write and executive produce A Message From the State, a black comedy with Gina Mingacci, the executive producer of Killing Eve . [26] Nuzzi also made an appearance playing herself in the Showtime series Billions . [27] Nuzzi produced a documentary for MSNBC, Four Seasons Total Documentary, about Rudy Giuliani’s botched attempt to contest the 2020 election results. [28] In April 2023, Nuzzi began hosting the companion podcast for HBO's White House Plumbers miniseries. [29]

Recognition

In 2017, Nuzzi was named to Forbes's 2018 "30 under 30" list. [30] In 2019, Nuzzi was awarded a “NEXT” award [31] by the American Society of Magazine Editors. She was also a finalist for the 2023 National Magazine Award for feature writing. [32]

Personal life

She resides in Washington, D.C. [7] In September 2022, Nuzzi became engaged to Politico 's chief Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza. [33] In September 2024, it was reported Nuzzi and Lizza were no longer engaged. [34]

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  2. ↑ "A Note to Our Readers". New York Press Room. September 19, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ Stelter, Brian (September 20, 2024). "New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi placed on leave after disclosing RFK relationship | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "John Nuzzi Obituary; Age 60". Asbury Park Press . January 13, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Nuzzi, Olivia (December 21, 2015). "Remembering My Dad, a Tough Guy With A Big Heart". The Daily Beast . Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ Nuzzi, Olivia (February 28, 2021). "4 Minutes With Jill Biden". New York . Retrieved February 28, 2021.
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