Christopher Frank Baur (born 28 May 1942) is a Scottish broadcast journalist.
[2] 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.
[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.
[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.