Ashley M. Coussou
40096 Alise Ave.
Prairieville, LA 70769
E-mail:  ashleycoussou@gmail.com

Education:             University of Louisiana at Lafayette

                             Bachelor of Arts, Dec. 2005

                             Major:  Journalism

                             Minor:  English

Honors:                 Mark of Excellence Award, Second place, 2005, general news photography                              Best in the South, Seventh place, 2006, best press photographer                                      

Experience:           Photography

·        Staff photographer, The Vermilion, UL Lafayette’s student newspaper

·        Photographer, Vérité, UL Lafayette’s SPJ chapter magazine

·        Stringer, The Daily Advertiser

·        Freelance photographer, Cure Autism Now’s Walk Now Houston

Writing

·        Freelance writer, The Vermilion

·        Writer, Vérité

·        Freelance writer, Country Roads

·        Freelance writer, The Acadian

                            Computer Skills (Mac and PC) 

·        Adobe Photoshop

·        Microsoft Word

·        Microsoft Frontpage

·        Windows Moviemaker

·        Microsoft Powerpoint

·        Quark Express

 Work Experience:  Senior Lab Technician August 2001-Present                                                                        Lafayette Paleo Labs Inc., Lafayette, LA

Photographer April 2003- November 2004                                                                                The Vermilion, UL Lafayette