Mark Newham

During a thirty-year career as a print and broadcast journalist Mark Newham's coverage of international affairs has appeared in almost every quality British newspaper, in international news magazines and on the BBC. With foreign postings including Africa and China, Newham has combined journalism with media consultancy work for the United Nations, the World Bank and the European Union. Between 2003 and 2008 he worked for China's state-run Xinhua news agency and for the official Beijing Olympics...See more

During a thirty-year career as a print and broadcast journalist Mark Newham's coverage of international affairs has appeared in almost every quality British newspaper, in international news magazines and on the BBC. With foreign postings including Africa and China, Newham has combined journalism with media consultancy work for the United Nations, the World Bank and the European Union. Between 2003 and 2008 he worked for China's state-run Xinhua news agency and for the official Beijing Olympics News Service. He accepted these postings for one reason and one reason only - to gain first hand insider knowledge of the way the Chinese propaganda machine operates. See less