Olivia Nuzzi and New York Magazine have officially parted ways.
The political correspondent’s exit from the publication comes after she acknowledged having had engaging a “personal relationship” with “a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign,” who has been identified as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. After Nuzzi revealed her relationship with RFK Jr., New York mag had placed her on temporary leave.
Now Nuzzi is out. In a statement on Monday, Vox Media-owned New York Magazine said last month it had enlisted law firm Davis Wright Tremaine to review Nuzzi’s work during the 2024 campaign. “They reached the same conclusion as the magazine’s initial internal review of her published work, finding no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias,” the magazine said. “Nevertheless, the magazine and Nuzzi agreed that the best course forward is to part ways. Nuzzi is a uniquely talented writer and we have been proud to publish her work over her nearly eight years as our Washington Correspondent. We wish her the best.”
Nuzzi penned a profile of RFK Jr., who until recently had been running as a third-party candidate for U.S. president, in November 2023 for New York Magazine. Her relationship with RFK Jr. allegedly had not commenced prior to that point. In its statement last month, New York Magazine said that if it had “been aware of this relationship, [Nuzzi] would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign” and said, “We regret this violation of our readers’ trust.”
In a previous statement, Nuzzi had said, “Earlier this year, the nature of some communication between myself and a former reporting subject turned personal. During that time, I did not directly report on the subject nor use them as a source.” Nuzzi said that the relationship was “never physical,” but that it “should have been disclosed to prevent the appearance of a conflict.”
More to come.
