Tracy Clayton
| Tracy Clayton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Transylvania University |
| Occupation | Writer, podcaster |
| Employer | Buzzfeed |
| Known for | Another Round podcast |
| Home town | Louisville, KY |
| Website | twitter |
Tracy Clayton is a Buzzfeed writer "who gained national visibility as one of the hosts of Buzzfeed's hit podcast Another Round," and hailed as "Best of 2015" by iTunes,Slate,Vulture, and The Atlantic.
Clayton is from Louisville, Kentucky and attended Transylvania University in Lexington.
Before joining Buzzfeed full-time in 2014, Clayton wrote for Madame Noire, Uptown Magazine, The Urban Daily, PostBourgie and The Root. She developed the popular Tumblr, "Little Known Black History Facts", now a feature on Another Round.
An Okayplayer profile said, "Known all over the digital world as one of the sharpest voices in the podcast game as well as Black Twitter, Tracy Clayton is consistently one of the smartest people in whatever room she occupies."FastCompany named Clayton to its "Most Creative People 2016" list "for mixing comedy with commentary."Elle praised Clayton and co-host Heben Nigatu's ability to "serve up a blend of humor, politics, and frank observation that not even the most deft hosts can seem to replicate. Clayton...made headlines in the fall when she pressed [then-Presidential candidate Hillary] Clinton to address the crime bill her husband passed as president: '[D]o you ever look at the state of black America and think, Wow, we really fucked this up for black people?' "
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