Talk:Hugh Stephenson (journalist)

I am the subject of this article, which I did not write. It countains several errors of fact, which I hope can be corrected. Also included is some extra significant data. HUGH STEPHENSON

for 'born in Faisabad, Bengal district of British India,' read 'born in Shimla, India' for 'a diplomat who worked for the Indian Civil Service' read 'who was in the Indian Civil Service.' for 'returned to England in 1947,' read 'returned to England in 1946, ' for 'became head boy.' read 'became joint head boy.'  [Note: Winchester has two head boys, one a scholar and one from the houses for non-scholars> I was not a scholar!] for 'He attended New College, Oxford' read: 'After National Service in the Royal Navy he went to New College, Oxford' after 'in 1962.' insert 'He then went to the University of California at Berkeleu on a postgraduate Harkness fellowship.'

delete 'Stephenson initially worked ... 1969 and 1981' and substitute 'Stephenson joined the Foreigh Office in 1964, serving in London and Bonn until 1868, when he became economics correspondent on The Times. He was promoted to editor of that paper's Business News in 1972, resigning in 1981 when it was taken over by Rupert Murdoch.

delete 'Stephenson interviewed ... Hutber of' and substitute 'In 1977 with James Bellini he interviewed Sir James Goldsmith for BBC2's Money Programme, described by Patrick Hutber in' [Note it presently reads as if I interviewed Goldsmith alone. In fact James Bellini was the Money Programme's main prsenter in 1977 and conducted the interview with me as a Times journalist acting as his sidekick.]

delete 'He subsequently held the post as' and substitute 'In that year City University, London made him the UK's first professor of journalism, retiring in 2003.

insert Personal life Stephenson married in 1962 Auril Stevens (two sons, one daughter marr diss 1987); and in 1990 Diana Eden.

for 'crossword editor at The Guardian' read 'The Guardian's crossword editor'. [Note: it is a pedantic point but the first makes it seem that I was on the staff of the paper, which I never was!] for 'refiring on 17 Feb' read retiring in 2024 or 'retiring in Fwenruary 2024. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hughstephenson (talk • contribs) 13:05, 29 March 2024 (UTC)


 * please correct two typos in the above:
 * Under 'Personal life' correct to 'Auriol Stevens'
 * for 'retiring on 17 February' read 'retiring in 2024' Hughstephenson (talk) 16:25, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * adminhelp Is there anything else I need to do to get the above correctins made to my Wiki entry?
 * HUGH STEPHENSON Hughstephenson (talk) 09:56, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hopefully I've done what I can with changes regarding grammar and technicalities. It is likely that you really are the Hugh Stephenson detailed in the article but I have no proof. It may be frustrating and sound pedantic but Wikipedia works on credible sources. Tom (talk) 14:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)