Tom Macleod

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Tom Macleod is a Scottish presenter, formerly for Sky News.

He has anchored several live, breaking international news stories and was the writer and presenter of the Sky documentary 'Concussion: The Impact on Sport'.

He has also worked for the BBC World Service and previously on commercial radio covering a range of programming. He is a trustee of the Global Legal Action Network and an advocate for increased awareness of concussion and head injury in sport, supporting the leading brain injury charity Headway U.K.

Early life and education[]

Macleod was born and brought up in Edinburgh, Scotland. He holds an MA in Geopolitics from the University of Sussex and a BA in music from the London Centre of Contemporary Music. He also gained an NCTJ Diploma at News Associates in London.

Career[]

In between studying, Macleod freelanced for BBC London, assisting the newsroom and on-air shows. He then moved to the north of Scotland to present and produce the Afternoon Drive Time show on Waves Radio, five days a week.^[1]

He returned to London as a radio newsreader before joining Sky's radio service in Leeds. He then returned to London to work for Sky News.^[1]

2014-2021: Sky News[]

From 2014 to 2021, Macleod was a presenter for Sky News.^[1] In his time at the channel, he has anchored during several major news stories including the 2016 Nice truck attack, the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt and broke news of the deaths of Muhammad Ali, Fidel Castro and Carrie Fisher.

He also wrote and presented the Sky documentary 'Concussion: The Impact on Sport'.

In 2021, he joined the Scottish Government as an advisor.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Tom Macleod on LinkedIn