Marcus Williamson
Marcus Williamson (b. 1965) is a British writer, journalist and campaigner, living in the UK.
As an obituarist for The Independent he has written obituaries of more than 120 subjects, including artists, poets, actors and inventors.[1]
Campaigns
GM Food
Williamson has been involved in campaigning against Genetically Modifed (GM) food, as editor of the website http://www.gmfoodnews.com from 1999 to 2005.[2]
Phorm
In 2009 the spyware company Phorm created a website Stopphoulplay.com to attack Williamson and fellow campaigner Alexander Hanff. The company accused Williamson of "...waging a "serial letter writing" campaign to Phorm's potential customers and partners in attempt to discredit the company and Mr Ertugrul." [3] The site was soon taken down and later described as a "PR disaster" [4]
Consumer advocacy
As editor of http://www.ceoemail.com he advocates contacting company CEOs as a means to resolving customer issues and of conducting campaigns.[5]
Bibliography
- The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes les Bains (2008) - translation of an 1886 work by Henri Boudet
- Claude Cahun at School in England (2011)
- Path (2011) - with Jonathan Moss
References
- ^ http://journalisted.com/marcus-williamson?allarticles=yes
- ^ http://www.gmfoodnews.com
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/5232565/Phorm-chief-labels-critics-serial-agitators.html
- ^ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rupertneate/9669467/Phorms_Stopphoulplay_site_is_a_PR_disaster/
- ^ http://www.ceoemail.com/ceoemail-faq.php