About Me
I’m Griffin Clark, a senior at East Greenwich High School in Rhode Island. Starting this fall, I will be studying communications and economics at Boston College.
I discovered my passion for sports journalism as a Kid Reporter for Sports Illustrated Kids in middle school. During high school, I gained reporting, marketing, and media experience at Providence College Athletics and Naismith Awards. Last summer, I attended the leading high school journalism program in the nation, the Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute.
Education & Experience
Boston College — Class of 2027
East Greenwich High School — Class of 2023
- Elected class officer (treasurer)
- Captain of mock trial team
- 2021 & 2022 Rhode Island state champions
- Awarded 2021 National Top 10 Outstanding Attorney
- Member of National Honor Society
- Earned Silver Seal of Biliteracy (proficiency in Spanish)
- Recognized annually as RIMEA All-State violinist
Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute — Summer 2022
- Attended prestigious “Cherubs Program” for rising high school seniors, a four-week online program
- Participated in group sessions instructed by J.A. Adande, Director of Sports Journalism at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University
- Featured in “This Senior Project Judge Was Blown Away” (East Greenwich News)
Providence College — Athletic Media Relations Intern
October 2019 – present
- Support sports information director/media relations staff at men’s basketball home games and remotely for away games
- Write comprehensive game recaps for the team website
- Assist with live statistics, coordinating media credentials, and postgame press conferences
- Write season outlook and prepare team reference materials during the offseason
Naismith Awards — Social Media Intern
October 2022 – April 2023
- Created original men’s basketball social media content across all platforms for the Naismith Awards, the most prestigious awards in amateur basketball
- First high school student ever selected for the annual internship
- Helped attain the strongest social media performance in organization history (18.2M impressions, 718k engagements)
Sports Illustrated Kids — Kid Reporter
April 2017 – June 2018
- Selected as one of 15 students worldwide to participate in one-year Kid Reporter program
- Wrote 11 stories, all published on SIKids.com
- Interviewed prominent professional and college coaches/athletes
- Learned industry fundamentals from a mentor editor
- Featured in “Meet the Young Reporter Who Wowed SI” (Contently)