McSweeney's
Patrick Clinch is currently a Public Affairs Associate at SKDK since January 2024 and a Contributing Writer for McSweeney's since January 2022. Previously, Patrick served as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford from October 2021 to November 2023, where a focus was placed on British and European History while achieving an MPhil. Experience includes a role as a Production Intern for CBS's Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the summer of 2021, supporting the talent department and contributing joke ideas, as well as internships with the U.S. House of Representatives and the Liberal Democrats, emphasizing communication and legislative duties. As a Robertson Scholar from 2017 to 2021, Patrick engaged in various academic and leadership activities, supplemented by early teaching experience as a Teaching Fellow with the Breakthrough Collaborative.
McSweeney's
McSweeney’s is a publishing company based in San Francisco. As well as operating a daily humor website, we publish a short-story quarterly, a bimonthly magazine, and an ever-growing selection of books under various imprints. We are a fiscally sponsored project of SOMArts, a San Francisco nonprofit arts incubator.