Christopher Frank Baur (born 28 May 1942) is a Scottish

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. Between 1985 and 1988, he was the editor of ''

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'' newspaper.

Education

Baur was educated at Dalhousie Preparatory School and

Strathallan School Strathallan School is a private boarding and day school in Scotland for boys and girls aged 5-18. The school has a campus at Forgandenny, a few miles south of Perth. School roll The school has 73 full-time staff, and 18 part-time staff. It h ...

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, Scotland.

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. In 1973 he was appointed Scottish correspondent of the ''

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'' and political correspondent of

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. During this period, he made a programme for

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called "Power of Scotland" which won the

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's Journalism Award for the 'best current affairs documentary programme' of 1978. In 1978 he became an assistant editor at ''The Scotsman'', writing on politics and economic affairs. Between 1983 and 1988 he was its deputy editor, then editor. From 1988 to 1994 he again worked at the ''Financial Times''. 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 ''

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''. 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.

References

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