Exhibit JC42 - The Leveson Inquiry

For Distribution to CPsThe University of London Diploma for Journalism: The Educational Background and Aims ofthe Course.The purchase of 13 acres from the Duke of Bedford was also noted: thisprovides the existing site of the University in Bloomsbury. Other itemscovered a lecture given to the London University Journalists Union by MrHerbert Jeans, chief editor of Reuters in which he stressed that the firstessential for journalism was a thorough knowledge of the English languageallied to good general knowledge with a good working knowledge ofFrench, German, and a little Italian also proving valuable. That was thenews coverage on the front page of the four page paper. Inside pagesincluded leaders, book review, gossip column, theatre notes, ’The MusicalWodd’, ’Sports Gossip’, ’Filmland’ notes and ’hints’.Lord Jacobson’s MemoriesIn 1929 another ten men gained Diplomas and the JournalismCommittee report in the University of London Senate Minutes for 1929-30shows they were successful in gaining a foothold in journalism, with fivegoing to provincial papers (daily, weekly, and evening), one each toReuters and a national paper and one onto a film weekly. One went toOxford University, leaving one unaccounted for. The man going onto anational, the Daily Sketch, was Sidney Jacobson (1908-1988), later LordJacobson, while Maurice Lovell went to Reuters. Looking back on thecourse Lord Jacobson recalls: ’Journalism was taught by F.J. Mansfield ofThe Times, who had written some useful books on newspaper work. Hecovered subbing, reporting, proof-reading, newspaper organisation andpractice, etc. set practical work and encouraged us to produce a publicationof our own once a term. There was an advisory committee from theindustry, headed by Mr. Valentine Knapp who took his duties seriously andwas unfailingly courteous and kind. He helped us to get temporary jobs oncountry weeklies in the long vacation (and) the day after our diplomaexaminations, I landed a job on the Daily Sketch, mainly due to Mr.Knapp. ’2aHowever, Lord Jacobson’s memory is at fault when detailing the bookswritten by F.J. Mansfield, (the first of these was not published until 1931,the second in 1935), as being available during the course in his year. Hecould not have read these books on the course and most likely is confusingthem with Mansfield’s lecture notes, delivered from his appointment in1925, as part-time lecturer and examiner in practical journalism at theUniversity of London.Placements during summer vacations, spent on provincial newspapers,were taken over by Mr. E.W. Davies, Secretary of the Newspaper Society,for which he was paid an honorarium of £25, equal to the payment toMansfield for supervising three editions of the Gazette.Mr V Knapp as Chairman, Journalism CommitteeAs chairman of the Journalism Committee, after Sir Sidney Lee’sresignation from the post of full-time Director, Mr Knapp had taken theresponsibility of fund-raising from newspaper interests and worked hard at78MOD100051249