{"id":248122,"date":"2021-03-18T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=248122"},"modified":"2021-03-18T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T19:00:49","slug":"alexi-mccammond-parts-ways-with-conde-nast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexi-mccammond-parts-ways-with-conde-nast\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexi McCammond \u2018Parts Ways\u2019 With Cond\u00e9 Nast"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falexi-mccammond-parts-ways-with-conde-nast%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=248122&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexi-McCammond.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Alexi McCammond, the former incoming Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue, announced that she was parting ways with Cond\u00e9 Nast after old \u201cracist\u201d tweets were resurfaced.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve decided to part ways with Cond\u00e9 Nast,\u201d McCammond tweeted alongside a longer statement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI became a journalist to help lift up the stories and voices of our most vulnerable communities. As a young woman of color, that\u2019s part of the reason I was so excited to lead the Teen Vogue team in its next chapter,\u201d McCammond wrote. \u201cMy past tweets have overshadowed the work I\u2019ve done to highlight the people and issues that I care about \u2014 issues that Teen Vogue has worked tirelessly to share with the world \u2014 and so Conde Nast and I have decided to part ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7639751552795\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey there: I\u2019ve decided to part ways with Cond\u00e9 Nast. Here is my statement about why \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YmnHVtZSce\">pic.twitter.com\/YmnHVtZSce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexi McCammond (@alexi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexi\/status\/1372603793825751040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>McCammond reiterated her apology for her racially insensitive tweets from 2011.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI should not have tweeted what I did and I have taken full responsibility for that. I look at my work and growth in the years since, and have redoubled my commitment to growing in the years to come as both a person and as a professional,\u201d McCammond said.&nbsp; <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>She concluded by saying that she hopes to return to journalism in the future.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere are so many stories left to be told, especially those about marginalized communities and the issues affecting them,\u201d McCammond said. \u201cI hope to have the opportunity to re-join the ranks of tireless journalists who are shining light on the issues that matter every single day.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On March 8, more than twenty Teen Vogue employees <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teen-vogue-staffers-sent-letter-to-conde-nast-to-cancel-alexi-mccammond-for-since-deleted-racist-tweets-from-2011\"><span>penned an open letter<\/span><\/a><span> to Cond\u00e9 Nast condemning McCammond for a series of decade-old anti-Asian tweets. In an announcement about the letter, employees insinuated that they did not approve of the company\u2019s choice to hire her.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The announcement read:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><i><span>As more than 20 members of the staff of Teen Vogue, we\u2019ve built our outlet\u2019s reputation as a voice for justice and change \u2014 we take immense pride in our work and in creating an inclusive environment. That\u2019s why we have written a letter to management at Cond\u00e9 Nast about the recent hire of Alexi McCammond as our new editor-in-chief in light of her past racist and homophobic tweets. We\u2019ve heard the concerns of our readers, and we stand with you.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In a moment of historically high anti-Asian violence and amid the on-going struggles of the LGBTQ community, we as the staff of Teen Vogue fully reject those sentiments. We are hopeful that an internal conversation will prove fruitful in maintaining the integrity granted to us by our audience.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The \u201cracist\u201d tweets were made while McCammond was in college. One tweet read, \u201coutdone by Asian #whatsnew.\u201d A second tweet read,\u201d now Googling how to not wake up with swollen, Asian eyes\u2026\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A third tweet read, \u201cgive me a 2\/10 on my chem problem, cross out all of my work, and don\u2019t explain what I did wrong\u2026 thanks a lot stupid Asian T.A. you\u2019re great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The tweets were originally unearthed in 2019 when McCammond was a reporter at Axios. She apologized after they initially resurfaced.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The fallout from McCammond\u2019s tweets also affected the company\u2019s bottom line. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/ulta-pulls-teen-vogue-ads-over-new-editor-in-chiefs-old-racist-tweets\"><span>The Daily Beast<\/span><\/a><span> reported that the beauty company Ulta pulled its seven-figure ad campaign after McCammond\u2019s tweets were unearthed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McCammond made headlines earlier in the year after her relationship with a former Biden administration aide, TJ Ducklo was exposed. Ducklo has since resigned from the Biden administration after threatening a Politico reporter who was investigating the couple\u2019s relationship.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexi McCammond, the former incoming Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue, announced that she was parting ways with Cond\u00e9 Nast after old \u201cracist\u201d tweets were resurfaced.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve decided to part ways with Cond\u00e9 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310768,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexi-McCammond.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Alexi McCammond \u2018Parts Ways\u2019 With Cond\u00e9 Nast","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alexi-McCammond.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Alexi McCammond \u2018Parts Ways\u2019 With Cond\u00e9 Nast","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}