New York Magazine and the paper’s popular political reporter, Olivia Nuzzi, have jointly decided to “part ways” after reports that she had a personal digital relationship with a source while covering the 2024 campaign. It was decided.
The magazine announced Monday that its own internal investigation and a review by a law firm it cooperated with found no issues with Nuzzi’s accuracy or bias.
“Nevertheless, the magazine and Nuzzi have agreed that the best course forward is to part ways,” the magazine said in a post on its website in an update to readers. “Nuzzi is a uniquely talented writer, and we are proud to have published her work for nearly eight years as Washington Correspondent. We wish her the best. ”
Both the Status newsletter and the New York Times, which reported on the case last month, cited anonymous sources in identifying Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a Nuzzi associate. She denied Mr. Kennedy’s involvement, and Mr. Kennedy said in a statement that he had only met her once.
New York Magazine editor-in-chief David Haskell said in a memo to staff after the report that Nuzzi told him their relationship began last December “after he made her profile public in November.” Ta. Nuzi’s only profile published that month was about Kennedy. The relationship reportedly ended in August, Haskell wrote.
The newspaper said at the time that Nuzzi would not have been allowed to cover the presidential election had he known of the relationship.
Nuzzi said in a statement to Status last month that the nature of some communications between him and a former news subject became personal earlier this year.
“During that time, I did not directly report on this matter or use it as a source of information,” she said. “This relationship was never physical, but should have been disclosed to prevent the emergence of a conflict. We deeply regret not doing so sooner, and we apologize to those we have let down, especially in New York.” I apologize to my colleagues.”
