Chris Baur

Christopher 'Chris' Frank Baur (born 28 May 1942) is an eminent newspaper and broadcast journalist.[1] Between 1985 and 1988 he was the Editor of The Scotsman newspaper.[2]

Education

Chris Baur was educated at Dalhousie Preparatory School and Strathallan School in Perthshire, Scotland.[2]

Career

Chris Baur joined the Scotsman as a copy boy in 1960 and trained as a journalist, becoming the Industrial reporter in 1963 as well as covering Scottish politics from 1972.[2]

In 1973 he was appointed Scottish correspondent of the Financial Times and then the Political Correspondent of BBC Scotland during the Alastair Hetherington years.[3]:53 During this period he made a programme for BBC Two called "Power of Scotland" which won the Royal Television Society's Journalism Award for the 'best current affairs documentary programme' of 1978.[4]:8

In 1978 he became an Assistant Editor at the Scotsman writing on politics and economic affairs.[2] Between 1983 and 1985 he was Deputy Editor, then Editor, of the Scotsman newspaper from 1985 to 1988.[5] From 1988 to 1994 he again worked at the Financial Times.[2]

Between 1990 and 1994 he was also the Editor of Scottish Business Insider and became managing director of the Edinburgh-based Insider Group - a subsidiary of Trinity Mirror.[6][7][8] Baur was one of the team of four directors who sold Scottish Business Insider magazine and its spin-offs to the Scottish Daily Record in 2001.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Private World". Clydesdale Bank. 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "BAUR, Christopher Frank". Who's Who (UK). 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Roy, Kenneth (1993). The Closing Headlines: Inside Scottish Broadcasting. Carrick Media. ISBN 0946724326.
  4. ↑ Hetherington, Alastair (1992). Inside BBC Scotland 1975-80. Whitewater Press. ISBN 095196190X.
  5. ↑ "Editors of The Scotsman". The Scotsman. 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "In Brief". Press Gazette. 26 February 2003. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Customer Magazines". Marketing Magazine. 20 November 1997. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Chris Baur". Editions Financial. 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2013.