Olivia Nuzzi

Olivia Nuzzi (born January 6, 1993) is an American political journalist. She works for The Daily Beast, currently covering the Donald Trump presidential campaign, and contributes to GQ Magazine and Esquire.

Nuzzi began her writing career in 2011 as a monthly political columnist, while still in high school, for the triCityNews weekly newspaper based in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey

While attending Fordham University in 2013, Nuzzi rose to prominence as an intern with the Anthony Weiner New York City mayoral campaign.

During her brief stint, she was hired as a full-time staff writer by NSFWcorp magazine, and described her experiences as an intern on the Weiner campaign.

The New York Daily News commissioned her to a write a follow-up article about the campaign, which became a bombshell front page story. In an interview with Talking Points Memo, Weiner spokeswoman Barbara Morgan called Nuzzi a “slutbag” .

Nuzzi was hired by The Daily Beast in 2014. There, in addition to Donald Trump, she extensively covered the presidential campaigns of Rand Paul and Chris Christie. She has also written for Politico Magazine and New York Magazine.

In November 2016, Politico named Nuzzi one of the "16 Breakout Media Stars" of the presidential election. In December 2016, Mediaite listed Nuzzi as one of 2016's "most influential" people in news media.

Nuzzi was born in New York City and raised in Red Bank, New Jersey. She lives in Washington, D.C.

In 2015, Nuzzi wrote about the sudden death of her father, John Nuzzi, for The Daily Beast.