Peter Zuckerman
| Peter Edward Zuckerman | |
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| First Gentleman of Portland | |
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In role January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Karin Potter |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Hales (First Lady) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1979 |
| Nationality | American |
| Domestic partner | Sam Adams |
| Residence | Portland |
| Education | Reed College |
| Occupation | Journalist, Author, Activist |
Peter Zuckerman (born December 27, 1979) is an American journalist and author who has focused his career in court reporting, investigative journalism, adventure stories and socially progressive political campaigns.
Zuckerman attended Chadwick School in Los Angeles County, California, and graduated from Reed College in Portland with a degree in biology in 2003. While a student at Reed, Zuckerman served on the editorial board of the Reed College Quest, a student-run newspaper. In March 2002 he wrote an opinion piece in The Oregonian ("The drug Olympics") condemning competitive use of drugs like gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB, at the school. He was the target of numerous threats within the Reed College community, and he was both adversely criticized and also praised in letters to the Oregonian.
Zuckerman interned for the Portland weekly Just Out while at Reed, delivering the paper and fact-checking telephone numbers. He also interned for the Portland bureau of the Associated Press and The Springfield News. He went on to work as a journalist in Eastern Idaho.
In 2006, Zuckerman was the lead writer of a controversial 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. He was accused of having a bias against the Boy Scouts of America and the LDS Church because of his sexual orientation.
For work on the series, Zuckerman received the 2006 Livingston Award and the 2007 C.B. Blethen Award, and the Post-Register won the Scripps Foundation's 2005 National Journalism Awards for distinguished service to the First Amendment.
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