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Christopher Frank Baur (born 28 May 1942) is a Scottish broadcast journalist. [1] Between 1985 and 1988, he was the editor of The Scotsman newspaper. [2]

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Education

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 political correspondent of BBC Scotland. [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 1988 he was its deputy editor, then editor. [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 Daily Record in 2001. [6]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Baur, Christopher Frank" . Who's Who . Vol. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 29 December 2015.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  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. 1 2 "In Brief". Press Gazette . 26 February 2003. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Customer Magazines". Marketing Magazine. 20 November 1997. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Chris Baur". Editions Financial. 2004. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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