and taught at Poynter Institute, University of Georgia and the University of Southern California. He is currently an adjunct fellow at the Attic Institute writing workshop and a resident at the Falcon Art Community. Political campaigns In 2013, 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. The anti-gay measure would have created an exception to Oregon's anti-discrimination law, allowing businesses deny service because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. During the marriage campaign, support for gay marriage increased by 14 points, volunteers collected 160,000 signatures to put gay marriage on the ballot, and the marriage campaign raised $3 million. Later that year, Zuckerman went on to become the communications director for New Approach Oregon / Yes on 91, the campaign to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Oregon (Measure 91). The campaign followed perennial, unsuccessful efforts to legalize marijuana by ballot initiative, including in 1986 and in 2012, which made it to the ballot, but voters had rejected. Marijuana legalization in Oregon passed with 56 percent of the vote, making Oregon the third state to legalize marijuana. Drug policy advocates described the victory as a major turning point in the drug reform movement. In 2016, Zuckerman directed communications for 2016 Oregon Ballot Measure 98, to provide more funding for education. The initiative, allocated $150 million a year into the schools to improve Oregon's graduation rate, won with 65% of the vote. In 2018, Zuckerman directed communications for the No on 105 campaign to protect Oregon's anti-discrimination law (No on 105). The No on 105 campaign was victorious, receiving 63% of the vote. In 2019 and 2020, 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. In 2020 during the pandemic, the campaign gathered 143,000 signatures, enough to qualify the initiative for the ballot and become Measure 110. The campaign raised $5.4 million and won endorsements from more than 140 organizations. Measure 110 passed with 59% of the vote, making Oregon the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize all drugs, including hard drugs. A similar effort to decriminalize drugs in Ohio had failed. The New York Times described the victory in