{{Short description|Australian sportswriter}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2010}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

'''Gregory Martin Baum''' (born 14 December 1959) is a former Australian sports journalist.

==Early years and education== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2024}} Baum was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the first of six children to Martin and Joan Baum. He attended Boronia State Primary school, then St Josephs Primary School Boronia. He then attended St Joseph's Regional College, Ferntree Gully, graduating in 1976. He enrolled in the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) journalism course and began work as a cadet with Leader Newspapers on the local paper, the ''Knox-Sherbrooke News'', in 1977.

==Journalism career== After a number of his articles on the local football competition were republished in ''The Sun'', a major newspaper in Melbourne, Baum was offered a job by that newspaper, becoming a sub-editor at the age of 20. He ultimately became a full-time sportswriter for the paper, including ghosting a column for former footballer Lou Richards.

In May 1989 he was offered a job by Fairfax Publications at ''The Age'', the Sun's main rival. Baum has continued to write for ''The Age'' until his retiring in January 2025. He was a Senior Sports Writer,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/sportsfactor/stories/2002/731630.htm|title=The Spirit of Cricket|date=22 November 2002|publisher=ABC Radio and Regional Content|accessdate=12 January 2010}}</ref> and an Associate Editor as well as writing for ''The Guardian'' of London. He also edited the last Australian edition of ''Wisden''. In the course of his work, Baum travelled to many countries including America, Canada, India, Pakistan Italy, Germany, Brazil, South Africa and England whilst covering Olympics, soccer and cricket. He has received a number of awards for his work, from the Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust, the Victorian Boxing Association and the Australian Press Association. He also received a 2008 Walkley Award in the "Commentary, analysis, opinion, and critique" category. He is the author of several books on sporting personalities including Paul Reiffel and Steve Waugh, and was the ghost writer of ''Dangerous Days'', an account of the wartime adventures of Private Laurie Brough. He has three children and three grandchildren. He lives in Skene's Creek and Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/age-journalists-honoured-for-thoughtful-provocative-work-20081127-6k2e.html|title=Age journalists honoured for provocative work at 2008 Walkley Awards|date=28 November 2008|newspaper=The Age|accessdate=12 January 2010 | location=Melbourne | first=Matthew | last=Ricketson}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091024130124/http://about.theage.com.au/view_profile.asp?intid=712 Greg Baum's ''The Age'' profile] * {{Twitter|GregBaum |Greg Baum }}

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