Sarah is an ecologist by training but her work has always focused on the intersection of social justice, sustainability and most recently journalism. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees through Wits University where her Masters research examined the roles of local traditional and democratic leaders in regulating firewood harvesting in rural communities in South Africa. After several years in ecology-focused roles, her career went in an unexpected direction when she became the Programme Coordinator in the Policy Unit of Media Monitoring Africa, a media non-profit based in South Africa. After leading MMA’s 2019 Elections project, Sarah started freelancing as a research consultant in the development sector. In October 2020, she took up the role of project lead for the Africa Data Hub, a project that is being spearheaded by OCL that seeks to lower the barriers that African journalists face in accessing and using data in their stories about health and socio-economic development.