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.Fred Miller, M.A., then Assistant Editor of the Daily Telegraph (althoughsome memoirs say he was titular editor as well), gave freely of his timeteaching methods of reporting public functions.This practical reporting must have been in stark contrast to Sir PhilipGibbs’ comments about the work of a Special Correspondent needing: ’theordinary knowledge and make-up of a gentleman, graced with any easyway with people of his own class yet able to speak to peasants, thieves,politicians, murderers, statesmen and Kings, crowned with an ability "towrite at any old time" and "in any old place. ’’’2° Hawke was joined on thecourse by his assistant editor at The Spectator, R.A. Scott-James (1878-1959), lecturing on the Principles of Criticism course, which he laterpublished in 1930 as ’The Making of Literature.’ Another Oxford scholar, ofBrasenose College, he had joined the Daily News in 1902, serving asliterary editor from 1906 to 1912. Then he edited the New Weekly, from1914 until 1919, when he joined the Daily Chronicle as a leader writer from1919 to 1930, holding a similar post at The Spectator from 1933 to 1935.Later he edited the monthly London Mercury, 1934-1939, and BritainToday, 1940-1954.Another element was introduced under Dr. J.A. Strahan (1858-1930),author of a book on Press Law, who received £40 for lectures on ’Law forJournalists’, while the Journalism Committee appointed a sub-committee toconsider the opportunities for practical journalism experience and howstudents could obtain this experience ’both before or during the attendanceat the Course. ’21Sir Sidney Lee (1859-1926), who had been appointed the coursedirector, and chairman of the Journalism Committee, resigned, and hisplace as chairman was taken by Mr. Valentine Knapp (1860-1935) a formereditor of the Surrey Comet and President of the Newspaper Society. Withhis arrival the committee passed a resolution that Practical Journalismlectures become part of the course with attendance at lectures beingcompulsory. The post of course director lapsed.The files of the Board of Education for this period contain an interestingnote regarding the excessive numbers on the course: ’If, in fact, Sir SidneyLee is recommending unsuitable students for this course, it is surely for theUniversity Committee of which (he) is chairman, to take some action in thematter.’ 22Estimates of the number of students attending between 1919 and 1921vary between 102 and 109 and, in the latter year, only twenty-nine actuallygained their diplomas, of whom four were women students, with 2 womenand 15 men referred. The Committee were surprised by the numbers of exservicemenfailing and the Institute of Journalists persuaded theGovernment to provide training grants so that a few of them could gainsome practical experience on newspapers? ~73MOD100051244