ANTON ZUIKER

235 LEGENDS WAY, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27516 919.724.4220 | anton@zuiker.com | www.mistersugar.com | @mistersugar

AN EXPERIENCED COMMUNICATOR, NEW MEDIA LEADER & COMMUNITY MANAGER

For more than twenty years, I have demonstrated professional and managerial leadership in magazine journalism, editorial production, publication design and institutional communication. My proven abilities include a broad range of reporting, writing, public speaking, event planning, issues consulting and team building. I excel at new media and social networking strategies. I value collaboration, community, conversation and narrative. I have traveled far and wide, learned to be observant of culture and place, and been delighted to see my ideas bloom.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE

Duke University School of Medicine, June 2010 - present Director, Communications, Department of Medicine Supporting the chair, I drafted and am executing the departments first comprehensive communications plan. This included launching MedicineNews (http://news.medicine.duke.edu) for improved internal and external news, and working with vice chairs as they roll out new research funding, faculty development and graduate medical education initiatives. BlogTogether, LLC, Feb 2005 - present President and Founder Social media speaking, consulting and events production (see resume page 2). Duke University Health System, Durham, NC Aug 2007 - June 2010 Manager, Internal Communications, Duke Medicine News & Communications University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill March 2005 - Aug 2007 Sr. Communications and Publications Research Associate, Carolina Population Center North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC June 2004 - March 2005 News editor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Northern Ohio LIVE Magazine, Cleveland, OH Jan 2001 - Dec 2002 Columnist Inventing the Future EmployOn, Inc., Euclid, OH Nov 2000 - July 2001 Web Content Editor PlanetKnowHow.com, Streetsboro, OH Jan - Aug 2000 Assistant Editorial Director U.S. Peace Corps, Republic of Vanuatu Dec 1997 - Oct 1999 Volunteer; Training Coordinator Northern Ohio LIVE Magazine, Cleveland, OH Sept 1995 - Nov 1997 Editor, Managing Editor, and Associate Editor Small Business News, Lakewood, OH Dec 1994 - Sept 1995 Production Assistant, Research Assistant and Reporter Hawaii Medical Service Assoc., Honolulu, HI Sept 1992 - June 1994 Staff Writer, Island Scene Magazine

EDUCATION
M.A. Medical Journalism University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Aug 2002 May 2004 I studied the epidemiology and reporting of infectious diseases, and for a thesis reporting project wrote a 12,000-word narrative feature on acute HIV infection and the rise in HIV among North Carolina college students. I also created the Narratives of HIV series of public awareness events. B.A. Communications John Carroll University, University Heights, OH, Aug 1988 May 1992

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LEADERSHIP IN BLOGGING & ONLINE COMMUNITIES
A blogger since 2000 (http://mistersugar.com), I have been an active leader and promoter of local and regional blogging communities, frequently speaking about blogging and online communication to media professionals. I am the creator of BlogTogether, the Triangle-region community of bloggers, and in that role I have organized and facilitated numerous social activities and educational events to promote new media skills and community building through events that unite online acquaintances. (BlogTogether is also the name of an LLC for coordinating the events listed below.) ScienceOnline (Jan 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007) This annual conference attracts an international audience to North Carolina to explore strategies, tools and techniques for promoting science on the Web. ScienceOnline2012 is a three-day conference with 450 scientists, educators, students, bloggers and journalists from across North Carolina, other states and half a dozen other countries. Science Online London is an annual spin-off event. Im part of team behind the ScienceBlogging.org and ScienceSeeeker.org aggregators. My earlier proposal for a web initiative to cover the science, medicine and technology in the Triangle led to the creation of Science in the Triangle (http://scienceinthetriangle.org) Other online/offline community events A Conversation with Michael Ruhlman and Chef Andrea Reusing (Nov 2011), The Long Table dinner (Sept 2009) and Food Blogging Dinner with Michael Ruhlman (Sept 2007) BlogTogether Backyard Barbecue an annual summer gathering (July 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006) The Triangle Bloggers Bash hosted by WUNC/North Carolina Public Radio (Nov 2005) The Triangle Bloggers Conference (Feb 2005) Blogging 101 tutorial sessions to assist new bloggers (2003-2008) Chapel Hill bloggers meetups, Tar Heel Bloggers meetups (2002-2006) Promoter of new media skills for journalists and communicators An early adopter of new media tools, I have regularly shared my skills with others, creating opportunities for journalists, communicators and educators to learn and experiment. Member, board of directors of Science Communicators of North Carolina and board of advisors of the Science and Medical Journalism Program at the UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communications Introduced Twitter strategies to Duke communicators, and blogging to DukeEngage leadership. Invited speaker at the 2011 University of Chicago Communicators Retreat, 2007 and 2006 American Medical Association Medical Communicators Conference, 2006 Carolina Technology Consultants Conference, 2005 North Carolina State Extension conference and numerous journalism school classes. Session moderator at 2007 and 2006 ConvergeSouth new media conference in Greensboro, NC. Contributed essay on ethics of blogging for the News & Observer Sunday Q section (Oct 22, 2006). At UNC-CH, organized the 2005 Triangle Bloggers Conference attended by 130 local and national bloggers, including blogging pioneer Dave Winer and online journalism pioneer Dan Gillmor. Facilitated two medical blogging sessions at the 2005 Assoc. of Health Care Journalists Conference. Organized session about blogging for visiting South Korean journalists. Contributed weblog module for a journalism distance education online course. Organized the program for the Weblogs in Journalism seminar in 2004 for the j-schools Executive Education Seminar.
The Web has evolved into a tribal Internet of passionate bloggers like Zuiker, and he has become a sort-of local brand. He's a quiet visionary. He's a low-key doer. He's a let's-get-together-and-see-where-this-goes guy. It's the Zuikers of this new, interwoven world who may play a significant role in determining how far Web 2.0 goes from being a sociable network to a social force. Dan Barkin, News & Observer editor, http://tr.im/IwXv