Olivia Nuzzi

Olivia Nuzzi (born January 6, 1993) is a political reporter who serves as the Washington correspondent for New York magazine.

Olivia Nuzzi
Born (1993-01-06) January 6, 1993
New York City, U.S.
OccupationColumnist
EducationMiddletown High School South
Years active2011–present

Early and personal life

Nuzzi was born in New York City. She is the daughter of Kelly and the late 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.[1][2] After his death, Nuzzi wrote about him for The Daily Beast.[2] She has a brother, Jonathan.[1]

Nuzzi grew up in the River Plaza neighborhood of Middletown Township, New Jersey, where her mother still lives.[3] She now resides in Washington, D.C.[3]

Career

High school, and early work

Nuzzi attended and graduated from Middletown High School South.[3] 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.[3] She also wrote for More Monmouth Musings, a politically conservative blog and news website.[3]

College, and Weiner mayoral campaign

While she was a 20-year-old junior attending Fordham University in 2013, Nuzzi volunteered and worked for four weeks as an intern for Anthony Weiner's New York City mayoral campaign.[4][5] 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.[6] In it, she asserted that Weiner referred to her and another female intern as "Monica," and 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".[5]

The New York Daily News commissioned her to write a follow-up article about the campaign[7] that became a July 30, 2013, front-page story.[4] 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.[4]

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, 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."[8] Morgan later apologized to Nuzzi, and Nuzzi accepted the apology.[9]

Presidential campaigns, and Trump administration

Nuzzi was hired by The Daily Beast in May 2014 while she was still attending Fordham University.[10] Nuzzi left school before graduating to take the job.[3] 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.[11] In December 2016, Mediaite listed Nuzzi as one of 2016's 25 "most influential" people in news media.[12] In 2018, Forbes included Nuzzi on its annual "30 Under 30" list.[13]

In February 2017, Nuzzi was hired by New York magazine to be its Washington correspondent.[14] She has also written for Politico Magazine,[15] GQ, Esquire,[16] and The Washington Post.[17]

In early 2018, Nuzzi admitted to entering the home office of Corey Lewandowski, President Trump's former campaign manager, without permission, and taking a photo, and Lewandowski accused her of also taking a photo album of his.[18][19] Nuzzi said: "You know, I just walked into the house, because nobody was answering at the door."[20] 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, ‘F---.'"[18][20]

In October 2018, President Trump personally invited Nuzzi into the Oval Office for an exclusive interview.[21]

References
  1. "John Nuzzi Obituary; Age 60," Asbury Park Press, January 13, 2016.
  2. Nuzzi, Olivia (December 21, 2015). "Remembering My Dad, a Tough Guy With A Big Heart". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  3. John Burton (February 25, 2016). "What It’s Like On The Campaign Trail: Middletown’s Olivia Nuzzi Reports For The Daily Beast," The Two River Times.
  4. "Intern reveals reasons for joining Weiner campaign," NY Daily News.
  5. "Source: Weiner's Campaign Manager Quit Afer Being Lied To (And He's Not The Only Departure)"
  6. "Anthony Weiner Called Me "Monica"". NSFWCORP. July 24, 2013. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. "NSFW Corp lays off three, including one famous former Anthony Weiner intern". POLITICO Media. November 9, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  8. Hunter Walker (July 30, 2013). "Top Weiner Aide Trashes Intern Who Wrote Campaign Tell-All". TPM. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  9. Garance Franke-Ruta (July 31, 2013). "My Brunch With the Anthony Weiner Intern," The Atlantic.
  10. "Daily Beast adds congressional reporter". POLITICO. May 5, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  11. "16 breakout media stars of 2016". POLITICO. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  12. "Mediaite's 2016 Most Influential in News Media". www.mediaite.com. December 7, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  13. "#Under30," Forbes.
  14. "New York magazine hires Olivia Nuzzi to cover Trump". POLITICO. January 31, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  15. "Portrait of the Governor as a Young Man". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  16. "Olivia Nuzzi - Esquire". Esquire. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  17. Nuzzi, Olivia (November 23, 2016). "Five myths about the alt-right". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  18. "New York Magazine reporter doubles down as outrage grows over alleged home invasion of Corey Lewandowski's DC crash pad". Fox News. March 27, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  19. Flood, Brian (May 3, 2018). "Corey Lewandowski says lawyer informed New York Magazine it's liable for criminal acts of star reporter". Fox News. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  20. "Lewandowski suggests reporter took his photo album". The Hill. March 29, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  21. Nuzzi, Olivia (October 10, 2018). "My Private Oval Office Press Conference With Donald Trump, Mike Pence, John Kelly, and Mike Pompeo". New York. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
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