Peter Zuckerman was born on December 27,1979 and is an American journalist and author who has focused his career in court reporting, investigative journalism, and adventure stories.
16 Facts About Peter Zuckerman
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Peter Zuckerman is a leader of several prominent progressive political campaigns.
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Peter Zuckerman was the target of numerous threats within the Reed College community, and he was both criticized and praised in letters to the Oregonian.
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Peter Zuckerman interned for the LGBTQ-focused Portland weekly Just Out while at Reed, delivering the paper and fact-checking telephone numbers.
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Peter Zuckerman interned for the Portland bureau of the Associated Press and The Springfield News.
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Peter Zuckerman went on to work as a journalist in Eastern Idaho.
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In 2006, Peter Zuckerman was the lead writer of a multi-part story, Scouts' Honor, in the Idaho Falls Post Register about the coverup of a multi-state child molestation case involving at least two dozen minors and the Boy Scouts of America in Idaho.
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Peter Zuckerman was profiled in a September 25,2007, documentary, "In A Small Town," broadcast in the PBS series, Expose: America's Investigative Reports.
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Peter Zuckerman later changed his reporting to focus on stories that had more of an environmental bent.
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In January 2009, Peter Zuckerman took a leave from The Oregonian to work on a "dream book project" after his partner, Sam Adams, was elected mayor of Portland.
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Peter Zuckerman has visited and taught at Poynter Institute, University of Georgia and the University of Southern California.
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Peter Zuckerman is currently an adjunct fellow at the Attic Institute writing workshop and a resident at the Falcon Art Community.
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In 2013, Peter Zuckerman became the press secretary for Oregon United for Marriage, the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in Oregon, and for Oregon United Against Discrimination, a related campaign organized to defeat an anti-gay ballot measure.
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In 2016, Peter Zuckerman directed communications for 2016 Oregon Ballot Measure 98, to provide more funding for education.
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In 2018, Peter Zuckerman directed communications for the No on 105 campaign to protect Oregon's anti-discrimination law.
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In 2019 and 2020, Peter Zuckerman was the campaign manager for the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act to decriminalize drug possession and expand drug treatment, paying for it with existing taxes on legal marijuana sales.