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<b>Patsy Chapman</b> (born 3 May 1948) is a former <a href="British_people" title="British people">British</a> <a href="Newspaper_editor" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper editor">newspaper editor</a>.
</p><p>Chapman grew up in <a href="Romford" title="Romford">Romford</a> and worked on the magazine <i>Boyfriend</i> before becoming a reporter with the <i>Romford Times</i>. She then joined <i><a href="The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> and was gradually promoted to become Deputy Editor. In 1988, she swapped jobs with <a href="Wendy_Henry" title="Wendy Henry">Wendy Henry</a> to become Editor of the <i><a href="News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 1990, Chapman chaired the group which drew up the code of conduct that the <a href="Press_Complaints_Commission" title="Press Complaints Commission">Press Complaints Commission</a> subsequently enforced.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was then a member of the first Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Chapman stepped down as editor of <i>News of the World</i> in 1993 due to illness.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Jan_Moir" title="Jan Moir">Jan Moir</a> "Queen of the juicy stories", <i><a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, 13 January 1993</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Georgina Henry, "Two tabloid editors on press complaints 'jury'", <i><a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, 28 December 1990</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sophie Morris, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-490081.html">Inside Story: The ex-editors' files</a>", <i><a href="The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>, 9 May 2005</span>
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</style><div id="Editors_of_the_Daily_Herald,_The_Sun_and_the_News_of_the_World256" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Editors of the <i><a href="Daily_Herald_(United_Kingdom)" title="Daily Herald (United Kingdom)">Daily Herald</a></i>, <i><a href="The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> and the <i><a href="News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="Daily_Herald_(United_Kingdom)" title="Daily Herald (United Kingdom)">Daily Herald</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1912: William H. Seed</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1912: Roland Kenney</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="Charles_Lapworth_(journalist)" title="Charles Lapworth (journalist)">Charles Lapworth</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1913: <a href="George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="William_Patrick_Ryan" title="William Patrick Ryan">W. P. Ryan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="Hamilton_Fyfe" title="Hamilton Fyfe">Hamilton Fyfe</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="William_Mellor_(journalist)" title="William Mellor (journalist)">William Mellor</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1931: <a href="W._H._Stevenson" title="W. H. Stevenson">W. H. Stevenson</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="Francis_Williams%2C_Baron_Francis-Williams" title="Francis Williams, Baron Francis-Williams">Francis Williams</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="Percy_Cudlipp" title="Percy Cudlipp">Percy Cudlipp</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="Sydney_Elliott" title="Sydney Elliott">Sydney Elliott</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="Douglas_Machray" title="Douglas Machray">Douglas Machray</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="John_Beavan%2C_Baron_Ardwick" title="John Beavan, Baron Ardwick">John Beaven</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="Sydney_Jacobson%2C_Baron_Jacobson" title="Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson">Sydney Jacobson</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="Sydney_Jacobson%2C_Baron_Jacobson" title="Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson">Sydney Jacobson</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="Dick_Dinsdale" title="Dick Dinsdale">Dick Dinsdale</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="Larry_Lamb_(newspaper_editor)" title="Larry Lamb (newspaper editor)">Larry Lamb</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="Bernard_Shrimsley" title="Bernard Shrimsley">Bernard Shrimsley</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="Larry_Lamb_(newspaper_editor)" title="Larry Lamb (newspaper editor)">Larry Lamb</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="Kelvin_MacKenzie" title="Kelvin MacKenzie">Kelvin MacKenzie</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="Stuart_Higgins" title="Stuart Higgins">Stuart Higgins</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="David_Yelland_(journalist)" title="David Yelland (journalist)">David Yelland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="Rebekah_Brooks" title="Rebekah Brooks">Rebekah Wade</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="Dominic_Mohan" title="Dominic Mohan">Dominic Mohan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="David_Dinsmore" title="David Dinsmore">David Dinsmore</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="Tony_Gallagher_(editor)" title="Tony Gallagher (editor)">Tony Gallagher</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="Victoria_Newton" title="Victoria Newton">Victoria Newton</a></span></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1843: John Browne Bell</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1855: John William Bell</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1877: Walter John Bell and Adolphus William Bell</span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1891: <a href="Emsley_Carr" title="Emsley Carr">Emsley Carr</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="David_Percy_Davies" title="David Percy Davies">David Percy Davies</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="Robert_Skelton" title="Robert Skelton">Robert Skelton</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="Arthur_Waters" title="Arthur Waters">Arthur Waters</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="Reg_Cudlipp" title="Reg Cudlipp">Reg Cudlipp</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="Stafford_Somerfield" title="Stafford Somerfield">Stafford Somerfield</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="Cyril_Lear" title="Cyril Lear">Cyril Lear</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="Peter_Stephens_(journalist)" title="Peter Stephens (journalist)">Peter Stephens</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="Bernard_Shrimsley" title="Bernard Shrimsley">Bernard Shrimsley</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="Kenneth_Donlan" title="Kenneth Donlan">Kenneth Donlan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="Barry_Askew" title="Barry Askew">Barry Askew</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="Derek_Jameson" title="Derek Jameson">Derek Jameson</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="Nicholas_Lloyd" title="Nicholas Lloyd">Nicholas Lloyd</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="David_Montgomery_(newspaper_executive)" title="David Montgomery (newspaper executive)">David Montgomery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="Wendy_Henry" title="Wendy Henry">Wendy Henry</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1988: </span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="Stuart_Higgins" title="Stuart Higgins">Stuart Higgins</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="Piers_Morgan" title="Piers Morgan">Piers Morgan</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="Phil_Hall_(journalist)" title="Phil Hall (journalist)">Phil Hall</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="Rebekah_Brooks" title="Rebekah Brooks">Rebekah Wade</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="Andy_Coulson" title="Andy Coulson">Andy Coulson</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="Colin_Myler" title="Colin Myler">Colin Myler</a></span></li></ul>
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