I’m a strategist, editor and investigator who is passionate about ecological, social and economic justice. I am currently the editor and programme manager of The Ecologist. Previously, I founded and led a community interest company specialising in transparency law; founded and headed an impactful investigations website and worked for national and regional newspapers.
Strategic Philosophy
Logical analysis and emotional intelligence are complimentary. We are all capable of thinking rationally and feeling empathically. We can also strengthen these skills. The success of any strategy depends on developing a sense of shared purpose, a product of both intellectual and emotional negotiation.
Delivered
Editor and programme manager of The Ecologist, the influential environmental news and analysis publication. Designed strategy, increased funding, delivered high quality events and special issues.
Founder and chief executive of the Request Initiative, a community interest company focused on high profile transparency campaigns and publication of high quality guides.
The founding editor of DeSmog UK, an investigative journalism publication dedicated to exposing the oil money and neoliberal ideology behind climate denial.
Published work
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‘Knowing how energy determines our lives could help shape how we use it.’ This philosophical examination of energy makes highly complex ideas accessible to a wider audience.
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‘The decision to defend capital has led to governments taking too little action too late to stop the spread of novel coronavirus.’ The economic context of an ecological tragedy.
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‘Gambling with the future of the planet.’ Investigative journalism sometimes just means asking people what they’re doing.
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Impact of Market Forces on Addictive Substances and Behaviours. A co-authored book with Oxford University Press. The product of a research project at Bath University.
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