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{{Short description|British journalist}}
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'''David Allan Chipp''' (6 June 1927 – 10 September 2008) was a British [[journalist]] and author. He was a former [[editor-in-chief]] of [[Reuters]] and the [[Press Association]], and a founding member of the [[Press Complaints Commission]].<ref name=Guard>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/sep/12/pressandpublishing|title=David Chipp. A journalist of great flair, he became chief of Reuters and Press Association
|accessdate=13 September 2008 |last=Greenslade |first=Roy |date=12 September 2008 |work= [[Guardian.co.uk]] }}</ref><ref name=TEL>{{cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2800159/David-Chipp.html|title=Editor-in-chief of the Press Association who made his name as the first Western correspondent in Communist China.
|accessdate=13 September 2008 |date=13 September 2008 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] }}</ref> Chipp was the first resident [[correspondent]] for the [[Reuters]] news service in [[China]] after the communist takeover in 1949, and was based in [[Beijing]] from 1956 to 1958.<ref name=xinhua>{{cite news |title=Reuters'first resident correspondent in China dies at 81 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/12/content_9936420.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021172550/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/12/content_9936420.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2012|agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|date=12 September 2008 |accessdate=24 September 2008}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Chipp was born at [[Kew Gardens]], where his father, [[Thomas Ford Chipp]], was Assistant Director between 1922 and 1931. He attended [[Malvern College]] and whilst visiting an uncle in [[British Malaya|Malaya]] [[World War II|war]] was declared, so he carried on his education at [[Geelong Grammar School]] in [[Corio, Victoria]], [[Australia]]. At age seventeen he returned to Great Britain and in 1944 enlisted in the [[Middlesex Regiment]], serving in the regiment for three years. In 1947 Chipp was [[demobilization|demobilised]] after attaining the rank of captain. He then went on to attend [[King's College, Cambridge]], where he obtained a degree in history and was [[King's College Boat Club|captain of college boats]].<ref name=Guard/><ref name=TEL/>

== Career ==
In 1947 Chipp joined Reuters as a temporary sports [[sub-editor]]. Later he was sent to [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]] to open a new Reuters bureau there.<br>1956 saw Chipp sent to [[Beijing|Peking]] where at the time he was the first non-[[communist]] reporter to be based there. He was later to write a [[memoir]] of his experiences in Peking entitled ''The Day I Stepped on Mao's Toes''. The title refers to an incident when Chipp inadvertently backed on to [[Mao Zedong]]'s feet at a reception.<ref name=Guard/><ref name=TEL/>

In 1960 Chipp was recalled to London and by 1968 he had obtained the position of editor of Reuters. A year later [[William Barnetson|Lord Barnetson]] asked Chipp to take the position of editor-in-chief of the then ailing Press Association. He succeeded in reversing the PA's decline, was noted for his resolute leadership during an industrial dispute in 1979, and remained as editor-in-chief until his retirement in 1986.

After retirement from the PA from Chipp took up a number of part-time positions including as an independent director of ''[[The Observer]]'', a board member of [[TV-am]] and [[Teletext]]. He also worked for the [[Reuters Foundation]] and the [[Commonwealth Press Union]]. He would also write the occasional newspaper article and book review.<ref name=Guard/><ref name=TEL/>

== Leisure pursuits ==
Chipp was interested in [[opera]] and [[rowing (sport)|rowing]], he was a member of the [[Leander Club]] and a regular spectator and steward at [[Henley Royal Regatta]]. <br>He would also frequently attend 'Old Codgers' meetings of ex-editors at [[Garrick Club|The Garrick]], where he was a member. Chipp was also a [[beadle]] of [[St Bride's Church]], [[Fleet Street]].<ref name=Guard/><ref name=TEL/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024739 Imperial War Museum Interview from 2004]

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