Lanie Lee Cook has been active as a news writer, editor and researcher since 2009. (As newsrooms destroy and rebuild their websites, links may break. Restoration work is always in progress.)
Lately
NewsNation | New York City
- Assignment editor, September 2024-present
Taco Sisters Restaurants | Lafayette, Louisiana
- WordPress site maintenance and Adobe graphic design, 2015-present
2024-19
FOX31 KDVR/Channel 2 KWGN | Denver
- Digital site producer, June 2021-present (view archive)
- Assignment editor, March 2019-June 2021
University of Denver University College
- Full-stack web development | Certificate, February 2019
2018-16
KATC TV-3 | Lafayette, Louisiana
- Investigative producer, October 2016-18
- Selected TV production and reporting:
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- Old laws close case against retired Louisiana priest, despite ‘credible’ evidence of rape
- Lafayette bishop won’t say whether he’ll release names of accused priests; dozens of U.S. dioceses already do
- Gulf of Mexico dead zone affects Acadiana livelihoods, with Daniel Phillips and Justin Terro: Part 1, Part 2
- First-place special report, 2019, Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters and Editors
- Slipping Away: How imports crowd out Louisiana’s shrimping traditions, with Daniel Phillips and Justin Terro
- First-place documentary award in 2018 from Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters and Editors
- Archived web article here
- Louisiana Water Woes, with Breanna Molloy and Jean Denis. 2017 Suncoast Emmy Award nominee in health/science:
- Is your tap water discolored? Smelly? In Acadiana, you’re not alone (archived web article here)
- After years with unsafe tap water, St. Joseph residents eager for new system (web article here)
- Under-construction Bayou Bridge pipeline may have violated federal permit, Corps says
- Construction shutdowns dog ETP projects as company starts on Bayou Bridge
- Dark money group works to sway another Lafayette tax election
- Timeline documenting the lawsuits, indictments surrounding Lafayette’s city marshal
Explore Parts Unknown | Website for CNN’s “Parts Unknown”
- Cajun and Creole cultures aren’t so different after all, writing
- A Laotian community thrives in southern Louisiana, writing and photos
2016
The Acadiana Advocate | Lafayette, Louisiana
- Breaking news, crime, cops and courts reporter, October 2014-16
- Society of Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Awards
- Second-place award in deadline reporting by small dailies for Lafayette, Louisiana theater shooting team coverage with Rebekah Allen, Billy Gunn, Maya Lau and Jim Mustian
REPORTING
- Court upholds public records lawsuit, penalties against Lafayette City Marshal
- Former Lafayette deputy pleads not guilty to malfeasance, witness intimidation charges
- Feds accuse Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal of having internal affairs investigation records burned
- Lafayette City Marshal to invoke Fifth Amendment on court order to produce mystery court filing
- Lafayette school board agrees to move ahead on performing arts facility for Comeaux High
- Former Acadia Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman accused of theft
- Lake Martin boat access to re-open Wednesday, but road repairs continue; alligator population in doubt
- After property values rise, Lafayette school board votes to maintain millage rates
- Already facing tough finances and growing flood damage costs, Lafayette school board set to vote on property tax increase
- Six applicants tested for Lafayette police chief position
- As need for donated breast milk increases, donation center opens in Lafayette
- Thousands more in Acadiana apply for disaster food stamps in second phase of distribution
- Lafayette city marshal back in court over public records lawsuit, invokes Fifth Amendment
- Lafayette law enforcement officials get educated on implicit bias
- Number of flood evacuees at Acadiana shelters decreasing daily
- Volunteers, donations needed as Acadiana moves forward with recovery
- Lafayette marshal booked, released after felony indictment
- Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope indicted on five felony charges
- Most Acadiana schools closed until Monday while region recovers from floods
- Acadiana region hit with more downpours as waterways continue rising, with Advocate staff writer Billy Gunn
- Rising waters cause I-10 closure; Vermilion River tops levee in Lafayette neighborhood, with Advocate staff writers Billy Gunn and Richard Burgess
- New Lafayette library director: Libraries “go hand in hand with quality of life in your community”
- Nontraditional students in Lafayette Parish may have new school option in 2017
- Fentanyl-related deaths in Lafayette quadruple; powerful opioid used as heroin
- ACLU: Man denied social security benefits after husband’s death
- Rezoning plan for Lafayette schools to be presented at Wednesday meeting
- Sheriff Louis Ackal denied firearm privileges, put under court supervision
- Inmate found hanged in cell on Saturday, authorities report
- Judge to hear dueling motions to modify Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal’s release conditions
- Breaux Bridge priest arrested on 500 counts of child pornography, with Advocate staff writer Richard Burgess
- Recidivism-reducing programs in Lafayette, Alexandria, Lake Charles, Monroe canceled because of budget cuts
- Summer Youth Shakespeare ensemble brings Mardi Gras flair to ‘Twelfth Night’
- Huge crowds bid farewell to slain deputy Brad Garofala, dubbed ‘Superman’ by his children, with Advocate staff writer Andrea Gallo
- Lafayette council approves emergency request for $120,000 for police riot gear
- Lafayette hospital creates scholarship fund in honor of radiology student killed in theater shooting
- Lafayette leaders call for moratorium on local violence
- No easy task: Louisiana law sets high bar for recall efforts — Iberia organizers need 16,000 signatures to oust sheriff
- Family of New Iberia man killed by deputy calls on authorities to boost crisis training
- Bucking legal precedent, Lafayette school board refuses to change policy requiring students to stand during pledge
- Catholic Diocese of Lafayette launches fundraising campaign to support parishes, priests, parishioners and poor
- Retiring Lafayette Parish Sheriff Mike Neustrom leaves legacy of progressive reform
- Mark Garber takes reins as Lafayette Parish Sheriff: “We’ve got to tuck in during tough times”
- Lafayette School System to experiment with the three R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle
- Iberia Parish Sheriff pleads not guilty to new criminal charges
- Man with Lafayette-area ties among the dead in Orlando nightclub shooting
- Iberia Parish Sheriff kept staffer whose ‘retirement’ supposedly opened spot for controversial hire
- Federal prosecutors broaden criminal charges against Iberia Sheriff Louis Ackal in probe of inmate beatings
- Lafayette police vow crackdown on teen violators following rash of car burglaries
- New Iberia appoints liaison to Iberia Sheriff’s Office, extends law enforcement contract for one year
- Iberia Parish Sheriff’s services under scrutiny
- Facing pay freezes and layoffs, Lafayette Parish School Board nixes applications for two more charter schools
- School board votes to move performing arts program to Comeaux High
- With budget cutbacks, Vermilion Parish schools turn to online classes for language education
- Lafayette educator association says the state, not local districts, should fund state-approved charter schools
- Family of mentally ill St. Martin Parish man fatally shot by police consider asking for federal civil rights investigation
- Lafayette School Board to weigh merits of two charter applications; board has history of rejecting applications (broken link)
- Plans for charter high school in Lafayette on hold due to lawsuit, need for more data (broken link)
- Lafayette school board makes last-minute decision to save two of four social worker positions that were to be eliminated (broken link)
- Eight suits filed over crude oil spill along Bayou Teche (broken link)
- Lafayette school board considers job cuts (broken link)
- Year after investigation into Evangeline Parish law enforcement, still unclear where probes are heading
- NAACP leader files lawsuit about Lafayette civil service board member’s Facebook post
- Protesters call for Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal to resign because of brutality probes and criminal prosecution
- More charges expected against Iberia Parish Sheriff and top official in prisoner abuse case
- LSU poll shows opposition to removing Confederate statues; southwest Louisiana among most conservative
- Portion of Bayou Teche reopened after March 28 oil spill; EPA investigation continues
- Lafayette Marshal booked into jail in contempt of court conviction in public records lawsuit
- Lafayette Sheriff’s patrol deputies now wearing body cameras
- Iberia Sheriff Ackal, second-in-command plead not guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges
- Ninth deputy pleads guilty in Iberia Parish jail beating investigation; sheriff to be arraigned this week
- 1.5-mile stretch of Bayou Teche to remain closed to vessel traffic during cleaning of oil spill in St. Mary Parish
- Lafayette city marshal gets one-week reprieve on house arrest for contempt in public records case
- Lafayette city marshal sentenced to jail and ordered to pay almost $100,000 in public records case
- Lafayette city marshal faces $90,000 in fines, legal fees and possible contempt of court in public email case
- Buddhist monk admits misuing Lafayette temple’s money for gambling forays to Louisiana casinos (broken link)
- Sudbury School, where children decide what they’ll learn and when they’ll learn it, to open near Lafayette
- Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal charged in federal court with civil rights violations, with Richard Burgess
- The question after the guilty pleas of six Iberia Parish Sheriff deputies: Will the federal civil rights investigation get any bigger?, with Richard Burgess
- One floor complete, four more to go, as Lafayette Parish jail undergoes $2 million upgrade
- St. Landry Sheriff’s Capt. Clay Higgins, popular for Crime Stoppers segments, resigns: ‘I’d die rather than sacrifice my principles’
- Lafayette police announce breakthroughs in two of six unsolved homicides
- Former Iberia Sheriff’s Office employee joins five others in guilty pleas related to inmate beatings in jail chapel
- Four of 5 current, ex-Iberia Sheriff’s employees who pleaded guilty for role in inmate beatings were previously sued
- Need seen for Lafayette Parish School System, but support for new property taxes still wobbly
- Lafayette grand jury declines to indict officer in shooting of man police say refused commands to drop gun
- Lafayette officers honored Tuesday for their bravery in rushing toward the gunfire at the Grand 16 Theatre shootings
- Lafayette homicides, reported rapes up sharply in 2015 compared to year before, crime statistics show
- Man accused in 2014 carjacking of UL-Lafayette student found mentally incompetent to stand trial
- Buddhist monk accused of misusing money from Lafayette temple for gambling faces trial after plea deal craters
- District Attorney says no criminal charges will be filed in death of handcuffed man shot in backseat of Iberia Parish deputy’s car
- DOTD reviewing Iberia Parish rail crossing where 5 died to determine ‘if additional traffic safety measures are needed’
- Witness: Driver honked frantically, tried to get off railroad tracks before Iberia Parish train crash killed 5
- Acadiana officials hope to lure addicted women into prenatal treatment by forsaking criminal penalties for their drug use
- Lafayette prosecutor: Officials still struggling to outpace varieties of ‘synthetic marijuana’
- Safety experts: Traffic signaling system might have prevented tragedy at Iberia Parish rail crossing where five were killed
- Mamou police chief sentenced to one year in prison for using stun gun on inmate without provocation
- Final investigative report released detailing John Houser’s trail that ended in the Lafayette theater shooting
- Drunk driving arrests down in Louisiana, fatalities up, despite millions spent on enforcement
- Lafayette Central Park raises more than $11 million toward development of Horse Farm property
- Lafayette city marshal could have to pay thousands to news organization for withholding emails
- Lafayette news organization, city marshal battle in court over emails that may show a political stunt during the sheriff’s race
2015
Buzzfeed, contributing reporter: Warren Buffett’s predatory lender charges minorities a lot more
MORE REPORTING FOR THE ACADIANA ADVOCATE:
- Officials: Amtrak video should show what happened before fatal New Iberia crash at ‘horrible’ intersection
- At site of New Iberia railroad crash, investigators still can’t answer question of why car was stopped on tracks
- State Police investigate deputy’s shooting of St. Martin Parish man said by family to be suffering ‘breakdown’
- 17 members of ‘Gremlin Gang’ in Abbeville indicted, accused of racketeering and other counts
- Lafayette homeless shelters getting upgrades for first time in decades
- Man accused of killing his girlfriend before fleeing to Colorado returned to Lafayette Wednesday
- ‘Place Mouton’ proposals in downtown Lafayette generating supporters and opponents — some want statue removed
- Livers: Lafayette leading the state in eyeing solutions for diverting mentally ill from jails
- St. Landry lawman cashing in on Internet fame and plans to help his community in the process
- Lafayette police still searching for man in weekend killing
- Lafayette deputies looking for Miles Joseph Guidry in killing of Duson woman
- Lafayette detective to focus on investigating crimes of domestic violence in newly-created position
- Crowd gathers to celebrate reopening of The Grand 16 Theatre, closed since July 23 shooting
- In Lafayette to discuss Horse Farm plans, the chief gardener of France’s Palace of Versailles expresses appreciation for American support after terrorist attacks
- Lafayette Parish sheriff candidates shift focus on their experience as they head into Saturday’s runoff
- Trial postponed in deaths of two Breaux Bridge girls, injury of another, as they walked to school
- Federal appellate court sends Lafayette police shooting case back for jury trial
- Garber, Leger touch on hot-button issues in final debate before Lafayette sheriff’s election
- In 10 days, Lafayette will see ‘everything has changed’ in reopening of Grand 16 Theatre after July mass shooting
- Inmates awaiting trial have right to vote, but few do in Lafayette, other parishes, officials say
- Iberia sheriff mum on salary, job description for new hire
- Lafayette Sheriff’s Office drafting policies for body cameras as it joins other agencies using the technology
- Take a look at the east-west divide in the vote breakdown of the Lafayette Parish sheriff’s race
- Garber, Leger head to runoff election Nov. 21 for Lafayette Parish sheriff
- Sex offender accused of stabbing Florida girl, 16, after high-speed chase in Louisiana sentenced to 35 years in prison
- Crowley officer admits posting body camera video of couple’s arrest on YouTube
- Race for Lafayette Parish Sheriff hits bump as three of four candidates see past incidents resurface
- Lafayette sheriff candidates debate shifting focus of office more toward enforcement
- Lafayette lawsuits claim jail inmates abused, staffing inadequate
- Two former Mamou police chiefs in federal court in probe of stun gun on inmates; one sentenced to year in prison, other pleads guilty
- Iberia sheriff’s race heats up; Louis Ackal defends turmoil of first two terms, seeks third term, while four challengers try to unseat him
- Criminal justice experts urge reforms for dealing with juvenile offenders: diversion programs instead of jail
- Work proceeding on Lafayette police cameras while policies under review
- Literary scholar Burton Raffel, 87, dies at his Lafayette home; translated ‘Beowulf’
- Ville Platte residents allege law enforcement injustices, corruption during meeting with federal investigators
- Lafayette nightclub’s alcohol license suspended after regulators again find patrons smoking marijuana
- St. Landry man makes first court appearance since killings of woman, Sunset police officer
- Attorneys file federal civil rights lawsuit over shooting of Houma youth, 14, by Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s deputy
- With costs rising, Lafayette police chief says he’s looking to phase out special weekend police details in downtown bar scene
- A decade after Rita, the coastal fishing town of Delcambre reimagines itself to attract tourists, commerce
- Protesters demand release of private surveillance footage in Lafayette police shooting
- Lafayette trying new smartphone app to track offenders
- Lafayette black community leaders, residents demand answers in weekend police shooting
- Lafayette sheriff candidates talk the future of the office at forum
- Downtown Lafayette club in violation of ATC, needs plan to keep alcohol license
- Lafayette shelter aims to keep homeless off downtown streets — and out of jail
- Lafayette police officer responding to attempted suicide shoots and injures man, 70, who authorities say was brandishing gun
- Hundreds mourn loss of Sunset police officer, killed along with stabbing victims by who authorities say was man on drug-fueled rampage
- Advocate for the disabled sues Bisbano’s Pizza Parlor, alleging the Lafayette eatery is inaccessible for people in wheelchairs
- Tentative agreement reached in officer’s suit against Abbeville over restricted use of social media
- LOVE for LAFFY concert postponed; questions raised about proceeds intended for Lafayette theater shooting victims
- Defense still combing through crime scenes in Sunset police killing; suspect now at Elayn Hunt center for possible mental health treatment
- Suspect in Sunset slayings found ‘unresponsive’ in jail, taken to hospital; Authorities suspect man was faking illness
- Four announced candidates for Lafayette sheriff tackle mental healthcare issues in forum
- In town where ‘we know everybody,’ tragedy crosses family lines; Slain police officer was suspect’s cousin
- At least $350,000 raised so far in Lafayette’s Grand 16 Theatre shooting victims
- Heavy rains followed by drought takes toll on Louisiana soybean crops
- Volunteers organizing event to revitalize McComb-Veazey neighborhoods in north Lafayette
- Lafayette agency supports garden project championed by Jillian Johnson, killed in theater shooting — ‘she created community everywhere she went’
- At least $275,000 collected for Lafayette theater shooting victims; groups explore how to divide it
- Lafayette Parish jail inmates learning skills — and saving officials money — through LAPCORR enterprise
- ‘The longer you wait, the more people die’: Lafayette theater shooting first responders relied on training, focused on task at hand, with Advocate staff writer Billy Gunn
- ‘He shot right at people’: Surveillance, 911 tapes give chilling glimpse inside Lafayette theater shooting
- Lafayette theater shooting survivor: ‘As I crawled, I was praying’
- 2 killed and 2 injured in 3-day series of shootings in Lafayette this week
- As investigation winds down on Grand 16 Theatre mass shooting, Lafayette Police turn attention to other shootings
- Latest from Lafayette theater shooting: Plenty of clues as John Houser’s background comes to light, on-scene reporting with Advocate staff
- 3 dead, including gunman, 9 injured after Lafayette movie theater shooting; shooter killed himself when police arrived
- CNN: Televised phone interview from the scene
- Jockeys accused of race-fixing, using shocking device at Evangeline Downs
- LUS Fiber agreement amended to stop double tax payment to city-parish
- Opelousas hacker suspect described as brilliant but troubled — judge says cybercrime as ‘dangerous as armed robbery’
- Lafayette’s new schools superintendent says a tax proposal to upgrade school buildings could go to voters on the spring 2016 ballot
- Community and police in north Lafayette look for answers in four homicides since May
- Opelousas man among 70 accused in illegal computer hacking forum — a hornets’ nest of criminal hackers
- Lafayette, Bossier City may play critical role in defending the nation’s electric grid from cyberattacks
- Black leaders call for improved response to racism within Lafayette Police Department
- Lafayette grand jury declines to indict Youngsville business owner who shot one of two teens caught burglarizing his firearms facility
- Civil Service Board refuses to review case against officer accused of using racial slur
- Louisiana Supreme Court weighs in on same-sex ruling with pointed opinions
- Lafayette council considering naming bicycle loop after murder victim Michaela “Mickey” Shunick
- High court upholds decision to overturn conviction in Lafayette’s scared-to-death case: No evidence 86-year-old’s heart attack caused by burglar
- Lafayette police investigating early morning fatal shooting of man, 21, whose body was found lying in road
- ‘I can’t believe we’re actually holding it’ — Nine same-sex couples in Acadiana receive marriage licenses in historic day on Monday
- Autopsy of a police custody death: a look into the death of a mentally ill, drug-addicted Scott man
- Acadiana same-sex couples celebrate Supreme Court ruling, though marriage licenses are on hold for now, with Advocate staff writer Marsha Sills
- Three killed, one injured in Breaux Bridge shooting; events leading up to the shooting unclear
- Lafayette council recommends splitting federal funds between road upgrades and revamping a portion of Johnston Street
- Sports star Bianca Davis, killed in a shooting Sunday outside a St. Martinville nightclub, remembered as caring, dedicated to children
- Mom of mummified newborn released on bond
- Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of suit filed by Lafayette police officers alleging corruption
- DA drops charges against Crowley husband-and-wife attorneys indicted in incident with police at their home; their federal lawsuit is still pending
- Lafayette woman arrested after infant’s hidden corpse is found in a storage unit where it was hidden for 14 years
- Lafayette officials seek public’s help in 2 unsolved slayings
- Lafayette rapper ‘Vicious’ gets 16-year sentence on unusual charge of inciting a riot with death
- Jeanerette police woes spur talk about department’s future
- Jeanerette police chief resigns in wake of arrest related to security work at Lafayette strip club
- Lafayette grand jury declines to indict police, deputies in death of Scott man
- City of Scott set for major firefighting improvements
- Police: Teen shoots, kills friend in what he says was accidental shooting
- Mystery lingers three years after Duson teenager disappeared
- St. Landry deputy finds new meaning, viral fame in his role of no-nonsense sheriff’s spokesman
- Authorities say grenade, other weapons found in search that force temporary evacuation of Lafayette apartment complex
- New video surveillance cameras to help Louisiana Fire Marshal solve arson cases
- Power restored to most Acadiana residents who lost it during Monday’s violent thunderstorm, utility officials report
- Storms roar through Acadiana on Monday
- St. Landry Parish inmate captured after 11 days on the lam in second escape
- Private investigator charged in Lafayette DWI scandals seeks to have statement to FBI suppressed
- Evangeline sheriff, Ville Platte police under federal investigation for possibly detaining people without probable cause
- Lafayette grappling with issue of homeless in downtown haunts
- St. Martin Parish jailer accused of smuggling cell phones to inmates
- Two arrested in death of Jeanerette police officer Tuesday night in Iberia Parish
- Hundreds mourn death of Loreauville Mayor Al Broussard, who died Friday in head-on collision
- Technology upgrades to make it easier for law enforcement to track drunk driving cases statewide
- Drunk driving awareness efforts paying off in Lafayette, authorities say
- Authorities arrest man wanted in Oklahoma drug injection death
- Youngsville man convicted in double slaying insists he is innocent; says relationship with slain girlfriend was fueled by crack addiction
- Former Iberia deputy pleads guilty to striking handcuffed man
- Iberia Parish sheriff seeks FBI investigation of prisoner death at parish jail
- Lafayette corrections officials struggle to treat mentally ill people who land in jail rather than treatment centers
- New Duson police chief faces tall order: backlog of felonies, unmarked evidence, sketchy history of former chiefs
- LSU chief says nothing funny about ‘cartoon-like numbers’ of cuts, layoffs at state colleges
- St. Landry man jailed for 2 years before case dismissed sues for $20 million
- Lafayette’s first female major to focus on community policing
- Three candidates join race to become Lafayette Parish sheriff
- Two lawsuits filed in death of Scott man who died after being shackled and pinned down by police
- Suit filed over Iberia Parish man shot to death in back of deputy’s car
- Carencro officer pleads not guilty to federal charges in Desperado’s investigation
- Some nerves about Cosby coming to Lafayette, but the entertainer is warmly received
- Lafayette rapper ‘Vicious’ convicted of ‘inciting a riot with death’
- Jury deliberations continued late Wednesday in trial of Eric ‘Vicious’ Johnson (broken link)
- Lafayette rapper ‘Vicious’ on trial for ‘inciting a riot with death’
- Crime stats drop in city of Lafayette, but uptick shown in rural areas
- Basile puts a traditional Cajun stamp on Mardi Gras celebration
- Maurice police chief asks board to close bars at 2 a.m.
- Baton Rouge attorney Stephen Spring arrested in theft from elderly St. Martin Parish man
- Iberia sheriff’s office deputies begin using body cams
- Sanity hearing set for Youngsville woman charged in daughter’s murder
- Two former Lafayette deputies charged in inmate’s beating
- Lafayette artists transform drab traffic light boxes into whimsical works of art
- Jeanerette man charged with stabbing police officer
- Driver accused in Breaux Bridge fatal hit-and-run pleads not guilty
- St. Landry DA’s office declines to prosecute Sunset police chief
- Lafayette man charged in fatal accident
- Lafayette’s emergency command to get first new director in 36 years
- Lafayette man, 25, identified as victim in Broussard shooting
- Jindal: State to honor $4.5 million pledge to UL-Lafayette’s computing and informatics school
- Historic black church in New Iberia destroyed by fire
- Armed robbery suspect found dead in Crowley field
- LITE works to become self-sufficient, keep up product development as state funding ends
- Lafayette police say teacher admitted sexual contact with student
- Scott Police Chief Chad Leger announces bid for Lafayette sheriff
- MLK Day speaker in Lafayette: ‘We’ve got a long way to go’
- Man charged in October wreck that killed two Breaux Bridge girls, injured one
- Lafayette officer vows appeal of adverse civil service ruling
- Former St. Landry Parish president faces lawsuit, arrest in financial woes
- Youngsville business owners talk smart growth to guide city planning
- Man booked in Lafayette fatality was already facing 3rd OWI
- Neustrom says he won’t seek re-election as Lafayette sheriff
- Lafayette bar, restaurant owners join forces to thwart crime
2014
- Suspected burglar killed, another wounded, late Sunday in Youngsville
- St. Mary Council on Aging distributes warm blankets to seniors
- Lafayette police look for man who threw lit fireworks at protesters
- Marchers in Lafayette ‘Lives Matter Rally’ draw cheers, jeers
- Opelousas residents rally against police brutality and racial profiling
- Youngsville residents asked to weigh in on plan’s for city’s future
- Youngsville chief-elect names assistant chief
- Opelousas rally on police brutality to include law enforcement
- Lawsuit filed against Crowley police after arrests for recording officers
- Lafayette Police trying out wearable cameras, but factors like cost and legal issues may kill the project
- Dispute over subpoenas scuttles Lafayette officer’s hearing
- Habitat for Humanity’s four new homes among 100 it’s built in Lafayette, Vermilion
- Neighborhood surveillance cameras coming soon to Lafayette
- Ville Platte man collapes, later dies after struggle during arrest
- Citizens win fight to save live oaks lining Acadiana highway
- Group rallies to save Acadiana live oaks from DOTD’s chainsaws
- State Police: Lafayette man collects disability dollars while operating businesses
- Lafayette shootings leave one dead, two hospitalized
- Lafayette council approves public health tax for ballot
- Washington group demands St. Mary Parish officials omit prayer from school events
- New Youngsville Police Chief has big plans to serve growing town
- Authorities say synthetic ‘weed’ a growing problem in St. Mary Parish
- Efforts underway to clean up Four Corners, buy Lesspay Motel
- A thousand mourners gather for funerals of two Breaux Bridge girls killed in hit-and-run
- Acadiana authorities arrest 110 in ‘Ghostbusters’ drug probe
- Durel pushes for public health tax consolidation in Lafayette
- Two children killed, one injured, while walking to school in Breaux Bridge hit-and-run
- Downtown Lafayette nightclub faces possible license revocation
- Teen inmate, found hanged in Iberia Parish prison, had been indicted on rape
- Budget axe falling on downtown Lafayette police patrols
- Lafayette superintendent criticized over ‘black mafia’ remark
- Crowley High teacher accused of indecent behavior with students
- UL lived up to contract with former coach, Supreme Court rules
- Authorities capture escaped inmate at Breaux Bridge residence
- Lafayette Police seek assailants in four unrelated shootings
- Youngsville voters to decide whether police will lose half of sales tax revenue
- UL-Lafayette linebacker accused of domestic battery
TOWNSQUARE MEDIA | Radio broadcast company in Lafayette, Louisiana
NewsTalk 96.5 KPEL
- School board, city council and general reporting for web and radio broadcast
Townsquare Media marketing:
- Filming, editing and direction for 2014 Eat Lafayette video campaign: see videos here
- Filming, editing and directing interview videos and various station videos: see videos here
Editor & Publisher (opinion): Are unpaid interns being exploited?
Country Roads: Louisiana shrimpers are turning the tide against cheap imports
I was quoted about thoughts on bringing journalism into public spaces: Beyond the Paywall: Future Valuation of News, Editor & Publisher
2013
The Daily Advertiser | Gannett-owned daily newspaper paper in Lafayette, Louisiana
The Vermilion | University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s weekly, student-run newspaper
- Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards
- Winner. In-depth reporting: Financial gridlock leaves little room for campus-wide improvements, with Seth Dickerson
- Finalist. Feature writing: Local skaters form team despite lack of area parks
- Southeast Journalism Conference (view news release)
- Honorable Mention: College Journalist of the Year
- Third Place: Best Special Events Reporter
- Reporting:
- Financial gridlock leaves little room for campus-wide improvements, with Seth Dickerson
- DJ shares jazz savvy, Creole roots over airwaves
- Satire: New bike lanes thwart radical pedestrians
- Internet marketing raises privacy concerns
- State law requires smoke-free policies on campus by fall 2014
- As renovations continue, some departments still neglected
- Task force discusses tuition affordability
- Are you covered? Legislation now requires health insurance
- Briefs: Gaines reading Sept. 25; 9/11 vandal released from jail
- Local skaters form team despite of lack of area parks
- Briefs: World weighs in on Syrian intervention; Morsi to stand trial
- Federal legislation slashes loan rates as tuition, fees rise
- Shrimpers battle imports through technology
- Bike lane deal set for final review next week
- Marijuana bill goes up in smoke
- INNOV8 lecture highlights intersection of art, tech
- Architecture class re-envisions Lourdes property
- Tipsy Taxi provides ride when seeing double
- Egypt in slow transition after Mubarak’s ousting
- UP equipped for potential campus emergency
- Officials mum on Lourdes property negotiations
- Completed master plan sets progressive ideas in motion
- Financial gridlock leaves little room for campus-wide improvements, with Seth Dickerson
2012
On hiatus in New York City
2011-2009
Personal photography
- Tenth anniversary of Sept. 11 in New York City
- Occupy Wall Street’s two-month marker event (link needed)
The Vermilion | University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s weekly, student-run newspaper
- Audiophile: Festival has finally arrived
- Audiophile: ‘King of Limbs’ takes time
- Audiophile: KRVS: Radio’s final hope
- Satire: Commissioner, Board propose UL-SLCC merger
- Audiophile: ‘Devolution’ makes return
- Local protest brings pot prohibition to forefront
- Pitch competition seeks million-dollar ideas
- Art exhibition to showcase seniors’ finest work
- University hopes to charge students to drop classes
- Satire: UL: Get your face out of Facebook
- Liberal arts junior wins Miss UL Lafayette
- Students gather to honor victims of domestic violence
- Geronimo takes local scene to new heights
- For Koreans, reunification is ultimate goal
- Experts weigh pros, cons of electric, hydrogen vehicles, with Richie Vidrine
The Independent Weekly | A weekly, alternative newspaper in Lafayette, Louisiana. A&E columnist
LANIE LEE COOK 