New Teen Vogue editor Alexi McCammond resigns over resurfaced racist tweets

Alexi McCammond, the newly hired Teen Vogue editor-in-chief, has resigned following backlash over her decade-old racist tweets that recently resurfaced.

McCammond, 27, who was set to begin her new job on 24 March, announced the decision in a statement shared to Twitter, where she said her “past tweets have overshadowed the work I’ve done”.

“My past tweets have overshadowed the work I’ve done to highlight the people and issues that I care about - issues that Teen Vogue has worked tirelessly to share with the world - and so Condé Nast and I have decided to part ways,” McCammond wrote.

In the statement, McCammond said she takes “full responsibility” for the tweets and acknowledged that she should “not have tweeted what I did”.