{{Short description|British newspaper editor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} '''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''.<ref>Jan Moir "Queen of the juicy stories", ''The Guardian'', 13 January 1993</ref>
In 1990, Chapman chaired the group which drew up the code of conduct that the Press Complaints Commission subsequently enforced.<ref>"[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 }}", ''Law Society Gazette'', 23 October 1991</ref> She was then a member of the first Commission.<ref>Georgina Henry, "Two tabloid editors on press complaints 'jury'", ''The Guardian'', 28 December 1990</ref>
Chapman stepped down as editor of ''News of the World'' in 1993 due to illness.<ref>Sophie Morris, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-490081.html Inside Story: The ex-editors' files]", ''The Independent'', 9 May 2005</ref>
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