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`!Patsy Chapman`! (born 3 May 1948) is a former `F33f`_`[British`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=British_people]`_`f `F33f`_`[newspaper editor`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Newspaper_editor]`_`f.

Chapman grew up in `F33f`_`[Romford`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Romford]`_`f and worked on the magazine `*Boyfriend`* before becoming a reporter with the `*Romford Times`*. She then joined `*`F33f`_`[The Sun`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)]`_`f`* and was gradually promoted to become Deputy Editor. In 1988, she swapped jobs with `F33f`_`[Wendy Henry`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wendy_Henry]`_`f to become Editor of the `*`F33f`_`[News of the World`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=News_of_the_World]`_`f`*.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]

In 1990, Chapman chaired the group which drew up the code of conduct that the `F33f`_`[Press Complaints Commission`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Press_Complaints_Commission]`_`f subsequently enforced.`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f] She was then a member of the first Commission.`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

Chapman stepped down as editor of `*News of the World`* in 1993 due to illness.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f `F33f`_`[Jan Moir`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jan_Moir]`_`f "Queen of the juicy stories", `*`F33f`_`[The Guardian`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Guardian]`_`f`*, 13 January 1993

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f "The Press Complaints Commission Archived 19 July 2011 at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f", `*Law Society Gazette`*, 23 October 1991

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f Georgina Henry, "Two tabloid editors on press complaints 'jury'", `*`F33f`_`[The Guardian`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Guardian]`_`f`*, 28 December 1990

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f Sophie Morris, "Inside Story: The ex-editors' files", `*`F33f`_`[The Independent`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Independent]`_`f`*, 9 May 2005

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