Publications: The Guardian, 7 March 2009 and 22 June 2009.
Context: In 2009 Marc co-authored four major front page investigations on police surveillance of protesters and journalists as well as covert state targeting of environmental activists. Three of the investigations were for The Guardian and one was for The Financial Times. Marc also writes about press freedom and photographers’ rights for The Guardian’s Liberty Central.
Article & Film Archive: 2009.
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “We’re photographers, not terrorists”
Date: 11 December 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Financial Times.
Headline: “Met under fire over picture database”
Date: 17 October 2009.
Link: www.ft.com
Publication: Pages 3 of The Financial Times Saturday 17 October 2009.
Publication: The Financial Times.
Headline: “Police image library raises Orwellian concerns”
Date: 17 October 2009.
Link: www.ft.com PDF.
Publication: The Financial Times.
Headline: “Focus on legality of database”
Date: 17 October 2009.
Link: www.ft.com PDF.
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Good news for photographers”
Date: 21 August 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “The Met see sense on the media”
Date: 31 July 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “The Met’s attack on photographers”
Date: 9 July 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “The police even follow me into the loo”
Date: 23 June 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Fit Watch campaigners describe how they were arrested and bundled to the ground”
Date: 21 June 2009 (Online). 22 June 2009 (Print – page 5).
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Arrested for asking a policeman for his badge number”
Date: 21 June 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Fit Watch: watching the watchers”
Date: 21 June 2009 (Online). 22 June 2009 (Print – page 5).
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Undermining press freedom”
Date: 3 June 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Was this evidence on G20 policing – or just evasions?”
Date: 13 May 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “‘UK plc can afford more than 20 quid,’ the officer said”
Date: 25 April 2009 (Online). 25 April 2009 (Print – pages 6 & 7).
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Journalists on the G20 front line”
Date: 17 April 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “G20 policing”
Date: 16 April 2009.
Link: Print only. (Page 7)
Publication: Lead story of The Guardian, 7 March 2009.
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Revealed: police databank on thousands of protesters”
Date: 6 March 2009 (Online). 7 March 2009 (Print – lead story front page).
Link: www.guardian.co.uk PDF.
Publication: Pages 14 & 15 of The Guardian, 7 March 2009.
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Caught on film and stored on database: how police keep tabs on activists”
Date: 6 March 2009 (Online). 7 March 2009 (Print – pages 14 & 15).
Link: www.guardian.co.uk PDF PDF.
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Under surveillance: police target environmental protesters and journalists”
Date: 6 March 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Publication: The Guardian.
Headline: “Documenting dissent is under attack”
Date: 12 February 2009.
Link: www.guardian.co.uk
Article & Film Archive: 2008.
Publication: Current TV/National Union of Journalists.
Title: “Press Freedom: Collateral Damage”
Date: September 2008.
Link: www.current.com
Credit: Producer.
Article & Film Archive: 2007.
Media: Phil McIntyre Entertainment/DVD.
Title: “Mark Thomas – Live – Serious Organised Criminal”
Date: 2007.
Link: www.markthomasinfo.com
Credit: Stills Photographer.
Publication: Taking Liberties, 2007.
Media: S2S Productions/BAFTA Nominated Feature Film Documentary.
Title: “Taking Liberties”
Date: 2007.
Link: www.noliberties.com (Trailer)
Credit: Stills Photographer.