Exhibit JC42 - The Leveson Inquiry

For Distribution to CPsHacks and Dons -Teaching at the London University Journalism School 1919-1939: Its origin,development and influence.Since then, all has been silent about this experiment in education forjournalism at university level in Britain. But that period is worth examinationfor the light, and contradictions, thrown up about the course by thequestions put to those giving oral evidence to the Royal Commission on thePress between 1947 and 1949.Endnotesi This chapter relies on the collection of Mr. Tom Clarke’s lecture notes held in KDJ/I 8/1-45. Nearly allquotations in this chapter are taken from that collection and acknowledged quotations should be soregarded.2 See appendix XXIX3 Newell, Eric (student at University College 1934-6) to the author, October 22 "J, 1978. In the 1970s heran the National Council for the Training of Journalists course at Preston Polytechnic, now theUniversity of Central Lancashire.)4 Clarke, Tom, 1936. Notes on the Journalism Course.5 ibid, and subsequent quotations.6 Just how difficult it must have been for academics, the 1930s, to accept the concept of ’readingnewspapers’ as correct student activity was llustrated fifty years later when I ran Britain’s first radiojournalism course in the 1980s. Then my head of department called me in to complain that he had justvisited the radio newsroom and students were not ’working.’ ’What were they doing’ I asked. Hereplied, ’They were reading newspapers. ’Alan,’ I said, ’that is work for journalists.’7 Robson, Norman (student as University College 1919-21) 1938. Letter to Clarke, January 27 d’.8 Personal papers of Joan Skipsey.9 Clarke, Tom. This lecture only appears in the King’s College archives.~0 Strick, H.C. 1957. British Newspaper Journalism 1900-57.H TNA HO 251/247, records of Royal Commission on the Press, 1947-49.12 tlarrison, G.B. 1978. Letter to the author, May 30 th.13 Clarke, Tom. 1936. Brian and all subsequent quotes.t4 Clarke, Tom. 1945. Letter to The Times, August 18 th. See Appendix XXIII.139MOD100051310