Chris Blackhurst (born 24 December 1959) is a strategic communications advisor and commentator, who is a former editor of The Independent.
For four years, he was a director of CT Partners, the international strategic communications, campaigning, and advisory firm.
He was a newspaper columnist for the Evening Standard and Independent, and presenter of Headline Interview on London Live TV.
Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Blackhurst was educated at Barrow Grammar School for Boys, after which he went on to study law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
[2] Blackhurst after graduation joined the staff of a legal magazine, International Financial Law Review.