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Paul Cousineau started in the print industry very young. At the age of 14, his mother enrolled in adult night school to learn about the graphic arts and she asked him if he wanted to go with her. He did. He's spent his entire career working in print, almost exclusively for Dow Jones, and has been newly appointed as PIA's Chairman of the Board after serving as the First Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Research Committee.
After Cousineau was introduced to the graphic arts by attending night school, he took a job in a small print shop sweeping floors, which led to learning how to run an envelope press. He continued working at print shops throughout high school and college while enrolled in the University of California, Irvine for applied physics. Here, he learned the ins and outs of the newspaper industry by serving as production manager for the New University-UC Irvine's newspaper. After a couple of years in Irvine, he enjoyed working in print so much that he decided to switch colleges and degrees, enrolling in the graphic communication and print management program at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
In 1984, the year before Cousineau graduated college, he worked as a production intern for Dow Jones in Dallas, Texas...