• Clinton began his career as a medical reporter in San Antonio. Since 2000, he has directed news and media relations with major universities and academic medical centers, including Vanderbilt Medical Center, UNC Chapel Hill, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Clemson University and Furman University. He continues to be an award-winning non-fiction writer. 

    • Stephen F. Austin State University (BA)
    • The University of Georgia (MFA)

    • "Naming the Bones" The Assembly, August 2025
    • "How I Found a Solution" AARP, January 2024
    • "Words of Wisdom from Mother Mary" The Bitter Southerner, July 2022.

    • CASE Circle of Excellence national writing award
    • CASE Best of Region 3 writing award, 2024