Michel
du Cille
Michel
du Cille, 53, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Du Cille is a three-time
winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In April 2008 he shared the Pulitzer
Prize for Public Service with writers, Anne Hull and Dana Priest
of The Washington Post, exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The work evoked a national
outcry, producing reforms by federal officials. He shared his
first Pulitzer in spot news photography with fellow Miami Herald
staff photographer Carol Guzy, for their coverage of the November
1985 eruption of Colombia's Nevado Del Ruiz volcano. A second
Pulitzer in feature photography was awarded for his photo essay
on crack cocaine addicts in a Miami housing project. Du Cille
was appointed Assistant Managing Editor for Photography in November
of 2007; he joined The Washington Post in 1988 as picture editor.
In 2005 he was an associate editor working primarily as a project
photojournalist until his appointment as AME/Photography in November
of 2007.
He joined
The Miami Herald's photography staff in 1981 after internships
at The Louisville Courier Journal/Times in 1979 and The Miami
Herald in 1980. Du Cille began his career in photojournalism while
in high school working at The Gainesville (GA) Times. He received
a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at Indiana University School
of Journalism and holds a Master of Science degree in journalism
from E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University.