Alexi McCammond came to fame as a politics reporter at Axios, a Washington news site. She had planned to start as the editor-in-chief of ‘Teen Vogue’ next Wednesday, March 24th. But that was not to be.
Currently, she is facing a lot of public backlash from her subordinates and staff members at Teen Vogue who publicly condemned the racist and homophobic tweets Ms. McCammond had posted a decade ago. So, before even beginning office, she has resigned from the job.
“After speaking with Alexi this morning, we agreed that it was best to part ways, so as to not overshadow the important work happening at Teen Vogue,” the chief people officer at Condé Nast, Stan Duncan, said in the email mentioning her resignation.
Alexi McCammond Apologizes For Racial And Homophobic Slurs
Alexi McCammond, 27, covered President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign for Axios. She was a contributor to news networks like MSNBC and NBC. In 2019, she was named the emerging journalist of the year by the National Association of Black Journalists. In a statement made by Alexi, she mentioned that she became a journalist to help uplift the voices and unheard stories of the most vulnerable section of society.
However, her job status became shaky days after the re-emergence of the offensive tweets she had posted as a teenager in 2011. They included derogatory stereotypes and comments on Asian appearances as well as slurs for the LGBTQ community.
Alexi McCammond had apologized for the tweets in 2019 and deleted them. Screenshots of the tweets were recirculated on social media after her hiring at Teen Vogue was announced on March 5.
In a later statement she mentioned, “I’ve apologized for my past racist and homophobic tweets and will reiterate that there’s no excuse for perpetuating those awful stereotypes in any way.”
