Derek Thorne is a Project Manager at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters. He primarily works on the Foundation’s Wealth of Nations programme, which works with African media to investigate the abuse of tax laws and improve oil reporting. Prior to this, he worked in journalism, education, project management and international development. For five years he worked at the charity One World Media, where he set up and ran a UK-wide programme that trained young journalists how to cover international stories and global issues. Prior to this he worked on projects involving media and communication in the UK and Tanzania, and spent a year in Bangladesh working for a disability advocacy organization. He also spent six years working as a radio journalist and producer, specializing in science, health and global affairs, and making content for outlets including the BBC and Radio Netherlands.