Clark Mitchell Clark Mitchell worked at Travel + Leisure for nearly a decade, where he served as an associate editor. In 2010, he joined Endless Vacation as a senior editor. The former linguistics major got his start in journalism when he moved to New York in 2001 to teach German at Columbia University. One of his students connected him with the arts and research editor at Travel + Leisure, who hired him as a freelancer. From there, he worked up the editorial ladder while pulling from his experiences of living abroad and speaking a foreign language.• 10+ years of experience as a travel writer and editor• Received a master’s degree in linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison• Fluent in German About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process