Alexi McCammond Biography
Alexi McCammond is an American political journalist working as an opinions editor at The Washington Post. Previously, she served as an NBC and MSNBC contributor and a contributor for PBS’s Washington Week. She was also a reporter for the political website Axios.
Alexi McCammond Age
McCammond was born in 1993 in Rockford, Illinois.
Alexi McCammond Height
She stands at 1.67 m in height.
Alexi McCammond Ethnicity/Nationality
McCammond is of African-American descent. She also holds American nationality.
Alexi McCammond Education
McCammond attended Guilford High School in Rockford, Illinois. In 2011, she joined the University of Chicago on a full 4-year QuestBridge scholarship, graduating in 2015, with a B.A. in sociology and Spanish language and literature. She also received additional training from the National Association of Black Journalists. While at the University of Chicago, McCammond wrote for the student political newspaper The Gate. She was also a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity.
Alexi McCammond Mother/Parents
Alexi’s mother is Shelli McCammond. However, her father is unknown. She was raised alongside her brother Braxton and her sister Aubyn.
Alexi McCammond Husband/Is Alexi McCammond Married?
Alexi is not married as of May 2024. However, she is engaged to TJ Ducklo. She covered Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in 2019 and 2020, and that’s when she got to know Ducklo, who was then Biden’s press secretary. At that time, Ducklo was single while Alexi was in a serious relationship. However, their situations changed. In November, they started dating, and they both realized that they felt the same way about each other.
“We’re both really happy, and we wanted to do it the right way,” said Ducklo.
To do things the right way, they informed their bosses about their relationship. According to an Axios spokeswoman, Alexi, who had joined the site in 2017, told her editors about the relationship in November and asked to be taken off the Biden beat. As a result, she was reassigned to cover progressive lawmakers in Congress and progressives across the U.S., as well as Vice President Kamala Harris.
The couple has been supporting each other through difficult times. In December 2019, Ducklo was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer and has been receiving treatment.
Alexi McCammond Axios
McCammond started her career as a freelance political writer for the women’s magazine Cosmopolitan and later left to become a news editor at women’s online news magazine Bustle. In 2007, she joined the website Axios.
In November 2019, McCammond accused former NBA star and TNT commentator Charles Barkley of threatening her in an Atlanta bar before the 2020 Democratic primary debate in Atlanta, Georgia. McCammond reported that, after she commented to Barkley and someone who had joined their conversation that a Barkley remark was contrary to what he had said to her outside the third person’s presence, he replied, “I don’t hit women, but if I did I would hit you.” Although McCammond has never revealed any threat Barkley made to her, he later issued a public apology for his remark as an “attempted joke that was not funny at all.” McCammond replied on Twitter without saying she accepted or appreciated the apology, implying that she equated Barkley’s comment to actually being “hit or threatened. . . ,” and stating her opinion that the remark was “not a joke. . .” and that it was a product of what she called “the culture of misogyny. . . .”
McCammond received further media attention related to her relationship with TJ Ducklo, a member of the Biden 2020 campaign, while she covered the campaign. Ducklo, White House deputy press secretary under President Biden, was fired for harassing female Politico reporter Tara Palmeri. Ducklo reportedly made “derogatory and misogynistic comments” toward Palmeri during a phone call and accused her of being “jealous” of his relationship with McCammond. The couple publicly announced their relationship on February 8, 2021. On February 12, Ducklo was suspended without pay and apologized. Under pressure from the Vanity Fair article that reported the matter, Ducklo resigned the next day from his White House position.
In March 2021, McCammond was selected as editor-in-chief of Conde Nast’s Teen Vogue. After the appointment, a series of racist, bigoted, and homophobic tweets that McCammond posted a decade earlier resurfaced. She apologized to the staff of Teen Vogue. Several media makers of Asian descent called for McCammond’s removal, citing racism against Asians in the U.S. fashion industry and a rise in anti-Asian violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth called the tweets and the feelings behind them “racist and abhorrent and indefensible.” More than twenty members of the staff voiced concern internally and to the press. In response, Ulta Beauty paused $1 million in advertising in the online-only publication, and McCammond resigned from the position before starting.
McCammond rejoined Axios in July 2021 serving as a political reporter.
Alexi McCammond Teeth
Alexi has impeccably maintained teeth. She adores flaunting them and even described herself as “70% teeth and flyaways” in her Instagram post.
Alexi McCammond Salary
Her salary ranges between $20,000 to $100,000 annually.
Alexi McCammond Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth ranging between $250,000 to $1 million as of May 2024.
