Peter T. Maxwell Jr. joined the KHQ news team in 2017 as a reporter. In the spring of 2020, he was promoted to anchor. Peter grew up in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Farms. Peter discovered his love for news at a young age and knew he wanted to become a television news reporter.

Peter studied at Lake Forest College before transferring to Curry College in Milton, MA where he majored in broadcast journalism. During Peter’s senior year he was awarded the Television Student of the year award by the College’s communication department. Peter also has a master’s in communications and media studies from Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL.

During his undergrad tenure Peter Interned for CBS-2 News in New York City, along with MSNBC, and was NBC News Correspondent Kerry Sanders’s Associate Producer during the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013.

Prior to joining KHQ Peter worked for the Fox News Channel in New York City as an overnight desk assistant. He was also a National Correspondent for the Washington Examiner covering the 2016 presidential election and was a writer for The College Fix.

In 2018, while a reporter for KHQ-TV he exclusively broke a story involving former NAACP President Rachel Dolezal. Dolezal at the time was facing felony theft charges for welfare fraud.In 2019, she entered a plea deal in Spokane Superior Court to repay money back to the state of Washington and agreed to 120 hour of community service to avoid trial.

Many of Peter’s stories have been picked up by national media outlets including NBC News, CBS News, FOX News, The New York Post, and The Washington Post just to name a few.

Maxwell is known for his aggressive reporting style, landing exclusive content, and breaking big stories.

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