Patsy Chapman (born 3 May 1948) is a former British newspaper editor.

Chapman grew up in Romford and worked on the magazine Boyfriend before becoming a reporter with the Romford Times. She then joined The Sun and was gradually promoted to become Deputy Editor. In 1988, she swapped jobs with Wendy Henry to become Editor of the News of the World.[1]

In 1990, Chapman chaired the group which drew up the code of conduct that the Press Complaints Commission subsequently enforced.[2] She was then a member of the first Commission.[3]

Chapman stepped down as editor of News of the World in 1993 due to illness.[4]

References

  1. ^ Jan Moir "Queen of the juicy stories", The Guardian, 13 January 1993
  2. ^ "The Press Complaints Commission Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine", Law Society Gazette, 23 October 1991
  3. ^ Georgina Henry, "Two tabloid editors on press complaints 'jury'", The Guardian, 28 December 1990
  4. ^ Sophie Morris, "Inside Story: The ex-editors' files", The Independent, 9 May 2005
Media offices Preceded by? Deputy Editor of The Sun 1986–1988 Succeeded byWendy Henry Preceded byWendy Henry Editor of the News of the World 1988–1994 Succeeded byPiers Morgan


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