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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British newspaper editor}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=January 2017}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Patsy Chapman&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 3 May 1948) is a former [[British people|British]] [[newspaper editor]].<br /> <br /> Chapman grew up in [[Romford]] and worked on the magazine &#039;&#039;Boyfriend&#039;&#039; before becoming a reporter with the &#039;&#039;Romford Times&#039;&#039;. She then joined &#039;&#039;[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]&#039;&#039; and was gradually promoted to become Deputy Editor. In 1988, she swapped jobs with [[Wendy Henry]] to become Editor of the &#039;&#039;[[News of the World]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref&gt;[[Jan Moir]] &quot;Queen of the juicy stories&quot;, &#039;&#039;[[The Guardian]]&#039;&#039;, 13 January 1993&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In 1990, Chapman chaired the group which drew up the code of conduct that the [[Press Complaints Commission]] subsequently enforced.&lt;ref&gt;&quot;[http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/the-press-complaints-commission The Press Complaints Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719055516/http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/the-press-complaints-commission |date=19 July 2011 }}&quot;, &#039;&#039;Law Society Gazette&#039;&#039;, 23 October 1991&lt;/ref&gt; She was then a member of the first Commission.&lt;ref&gt;Georgina Henry, &quot;Two tabloid editors on press complaints &#039;jury&#039;&quot;, &#039;&#039;[[The Guardian]]&#039;&#039;, 28 December 1990&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Chapman stepped down as editor of &#039;&#039;News of the World&#039;&#039; in 1993 due to illness.&lt;ref&gt;Sophie Morris, &quot;[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-490081.html Inside Story: The ex-editors&#039; files]&quot;, &#039;&#039;[[The Independent]]&#039;&#039;, 9 May 2005&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-media}}<br /> {{succession box|title=Deputy Editor of &#039;&#039;[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]&#039;&#039;|years=1986&amp;ndash;1988|before=?|after=[[Wendy Henry]]}}<br /> {{succession box|title=Editor of the &#039;&#039;[[News of the World]]&#039;&#039;|years=1988&amp;ndash;1994|before=[[Wendy Henry]]|after=[[Piers Morgan]]}}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> <br /> {{The Sun editors}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Patsy}}<br /> [[Category:1948 births]]<br /> [[Category:English newspaper editors]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:News of the World people]]<br /> [[Category:The Sun (United Kingdom) people]]<br /> [[Category:British women journalists]]<br /> [[Category:English women newspaper editors]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{editor-stub}}</div>

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