ASJMC President
Office Term — 2012/2013
Peggy Kuhr, University of Montana, is the 2012/2013 ASJMC President. Kuhr has been dean of the University of Montana School of Journalism since August 2007, when she returned to her home state and her alma mater. She had a 26-year career in newspapers before joining The University of Kansas in 2002 as the Knight Chair on the Press, Leadership and Community.
At KU, Kuhr co-developed a website featuring community journalism tools, training tips and insights into how communities work. She also created the Rosedale Project, where KU journalism students developed an after-school program for Rosedale Middle School students in Kansas City, KS.
Kuhr spent 16 years at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, WA, serving as projects editor, city editor and managing editor for content. The newspaper was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1993 in Spot News reporting for coverage of the Randy Weaver standoff on Ruby Ridge in North Idaho. She was city editor at the time, and directed reporting coverage of the 13-day siege.
Kuhr also worked for The Hartford (CT) Courant and the Great Falls (MT) Tribune. After receiving her Bachelor's degree from UM, she studied at the Université de Rouen in France under a Rotary International Graduate Fellowship. She is a Michigan Journalism Fellow. Her Master's degree, from Gonzaga University, is in Organizational Leadership.
(Profile courtesy per the University of Montana)
Contact Kuhr: peggy.kuhr@umontana.edu • (406) 243-4001
