Clement Obropta

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Location
New Jersey
School
Ithaca College, University Of St Andrews  — Scotland
Expertise
Adventure Travel, European Travel (especially England & Scotland Destinations), U.S. National Parks
  • Clement was born in New Jersey and has lived in upstate New York, Los Angeles, and coastal Scotland before settling down in Edinburgh in 2021.
  • He comes from an enthusiastic hiking family and has hiked some of the tallest mountains in Arizona, Colorado, Tennessee, Maine, and New Mexico.
  • Clement has also been to Copenhagen, Porto, San Francisco, and up and down the UK.

Experience

Clement joined Static Media in 2022 as a features editor for Looper. Before that, Clement worked for the travel-focused publication Men's Journal, where he researched, wrote, and edited travel reporting (among other Men's Journal topics like entertainment, popular science, and dieting). He also worked as the photo editor at travel lit mag Wanderlust Journal for several years, writing essays about his travel experiences, sourcing photos for articles, managing their Instagram, and designing an eBook anthology.

Education

Clement has a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College, where he studied film, writing, and literature. He also has a master's degree from the University of St Andrews.

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