Chris Baur

Christopher Frank Baur (28 May 1942 – 23 January 2026) was a Scottish broadcast journalist. Between 1985 and 1988, he was the editor of The Scotsman newspaper.

Early life and education Baur was born on 28 May 1942 in Oxted, Surrey, but was raised in Scotland from the age of three. He was educated at Dalhousie Preparatory School and Strathallan School in Perthshire, Scotland. 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.

In 1978 he became an assistant editor at The Scotsman, writing on politics and economic affairs. From 1988 to 1994 he again worked at the Financial Times. 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.