James Clark

Experience

Since starting at Task & Purpose, James has worked as a social media manager, general news reporter, veterans and culture reporter, and senior reporter before assuming the role of deputy editor in 2021. James has covered a variety of topics, from long-form reporting on veterans’ access to healthcare in rural communities to the Department of Veterans Affairs medical marijuana policy, and has published enterprise pieces on longstanding issues like the Feres Doctrine and the now-repealed Widows Tax. When he isn’t sifting through policy papers, he’s writing video game and film reviews, waxing nostalgic about his favorite movie scenes, and asking service members and vets the questions that really matter — or at least the ones no else will. He joined T&P in January 2015 after wrapping up a year of internships at local and national publications and graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz with a bachelors in modern literature. Prior to that he served in the Marine Corps as a combat correspondent from 2008 until 2012 and deployed twice to Helmand province, Afghanistan with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.