Fiona Macleod is an experienced investigative environmental journalist who currently heads up Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, a unit that is pioneering the use of new media tools to expose eco-offences and to track offenders around the world. Prior to founding Oxpeckers, Macleod worked as an award-winning journalist and editor at a range of the region’s top medias. She served as environment editor at the Mail & Guardian newspaper for 10 years, and was awarded the coveted Nick Steele Award recognizing her contributions to environmental conservation through her pioneering reportage.