Kathy Best
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•April 10, 2019•

Kathy Best has honored her profession and Sullivan becoming the first director of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.
The Sullivan High School graduate and daughter of Best Newspapers founders Bob and Marion Best joins the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland this spring.
Best will launch the Howard Center, a multidisciplinary program funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation in honor of Roy W. Howard.
Working with the Merrill faculty and the nonprofit student staffed, Capital News Service, Best will help train the next generation of investigative journalists at a critical time in journalism and democracy.
Best is currently editor of The Missoulian in Missoula, Montana where she moved with her late husband, two-time Pulitzer winner Andrew Schneider in 2016.
At The Missoulian, Best encouraged young reporters to pursue ideas in partnership with digital skills while establishing partnerships with the University of Montana and Solutions Journalism Network.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.