After leaving school, Webster joined the
Gloucestershire Echo newspaper. After a year on the paper, he moved to
Paris where he worked as a freelance broadcaster and journalist. On his return to London, he joined the London
Evening Standard as a leader writer. In 1977, he joined the
Financial Times and became its Africa Correspondent, and then its Industrial Correspondent. In September 1982, Webster joined Independent Television News as a scriptwriter for ITN's
Channel 4 News, and in 1983 became ITN Industrial Correspondent for ITN programmes on ITV. He reported extensively on the year-long miners' strike, the arrest of
Arthur Scargill and the miners' subsequent return to work. In September 1987, he was appointed ITN's Northern Correspondent. In 1990, Webster became ITN Political Correspondent, based at ITN's Westminster bureau, covering the 1992 General Election and the political troubles facing
John Major's Government after his re-election with a much-reduced Conservative majority. In March 1994, he became ITN Business Correspondent, followed by ITN Business Editor in 1995. In 1998, Webster became ITN Moscow Correspondent, reporting on the political problems of
Boris Yeltsin and Russian-US relations, and in 2000, became ITN Ireland Correspondent. In 2003, Webster became a presenter of the
ITV Morning News and a News Correspondent based in the UK. In 2005, he became a news correspondent at
five news, with its news content provided by
Sky News. In June 2007, Webster became a senior media spokesman for
Menzies Campbell, the then-leader of the
Liberal Democrats, working alongside Puja Darbari, Sir Menzies's Press Secretary and Communications Director Jon Oates. Sir Menzies said: "Mark is a highly experienced journalist and I am delighted that he has agreed to join our communications team. He has the perfect experience for this role and I know that he will make a significant contribution to our communications as we prepare for the next general election." In 2008, Webster became Director of Communications for the
Charities Aid Foundation, and in 2012, a Strategic Communications Associate for the
Thomson (Media) Foundation. ==References==