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W. Worby-Beaumont was not a journalist. He was an early motor engineer and inventor.

You'd have thought the VCC might have known. But then again, maybe not...

Beaumont's listing in the Motoring Annual and Motorist's Year Book for 1904 described him as:

BEAUMONT, W. Worby, M.I.C.E., M.I.M.E., &c., &c., Outer Temple, 222, Strand, London, W.C.
Car: None at present.
Hobbies: Cycling, orographic geology, and physical and mechanical experiment. Supports motoring for the improvement in the conduct of traffic of all kinds on roads; the development of a great national industry, and the recovery of the premiership of the United Kingdom, in the construction of mechanically-propelled vehicles. Is a practical engineer. Has carried out extensive experiments in steam condensation, and in connection with steam, oil and gas-engines. In 1898 was President of the Society of Engineers. Is the author of "Motor Vehicles and Motors." Is Hon. Consulting Engineer to the A.C.G.B. & I., and has been a judge of motor vehicles at all the important exhibitions and trials from 1896 to the present time.

In 1898 Beaumont was President of the Society of Engineers and was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Electrical Engineers in addition to many other learned bodies. Beaumont was a member of the Cycle Engineers' Institute and an original Member of Council of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, taking an active role in the Institution for the rest of his life. In 1906 he became a Consulting engineer to Rolls-Royce. His Motor Vehicles and Motors: Their Design, Construction and Working by Steam, Oil and Electricity in two volumes was printed by Archibald Constable & Co. London, comprising Volume 1, 1900 and Volume 2, 1906. Industrial Electric Vehicles and Trucks was published by Griffin in 1920.

Hardly a journalist...