Mark Watts (journalist)

Mark Watts is an author, freelance journalist and previously hosted the show "Between the Headlines" on Press TV. He is the author of The Fleet Street Sewer Rat (2005), an investigative book which describes the scavenging techniques used by legendary tabloid reporter Benji Pell.^[1][2][3]

He went to the University of York where he founded York Vision, a multi-award-winning student newspaper.

Mark is also the coordinator of the FOIA Centre, a London based organization which helps people access information through open access laws throughout the world, in particular freedom of information acts.

Mark was formerly the chief investigative reporter of Sunday Business.^[4][5] He is currently a freelance reporter for various newspapers.^[6]

Books

• Mark Watts (2005), The Fleet Street Sewer Rat, Artnik

References

1. ^ Sunday Times, 13 March 2005, Secrets of a Fleet Street rubbish man
2. ^ Mark Watts, Press Gazette, 15 April 2005, How the Fleet Street sewer rat caused a stink for privacy laws
3. ^ The Guardian, 5 July 2003, 'Binman' Benji in Bloody Sunday libel win
4. ^ USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, 25 March 1999, Transatlantic Brawl!
5. ^ Mark Watts, The New Statesman, 26 July 1999, Who really influences new Labour?
6. ^ Mark Watts, Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2007, Early fears about MMR in secret papers

External links

• the FOIA Centre

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