Overview

• Ryan Lizza has officially left Politico after serving as its Chief Washington Correspondent since 2019, citing dissatisfaction with the outlet's political coverage.
• In his inaugural Substack post for Telos, Lizza criticized Politico for failing to meet the demands of what he described as an 'unprecedented moment of democratic peril.'
• Lizza's departure follows a period of professional turbulence, including allegations of harassment by his former fiancée Olivia Nuzzi, which she later dropped in November 2024.
• Nuzzi also exited New York Magazine after a probe found no evidence of bias in her reporting, despite her personal communications with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his campaign.
• Lizza's Substack venture, Telos, will be funded by reader subscriptions and aims to provide in-depth coverage of Washington politics with a focus on transparency and accountability.