Honoree
Michel Ducille
AWARDS
- Pulitzer Prize (1986)
- SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY, FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Michel du Cille began work for The Miami Herald after graduation. His first Pulitzer Prize was shared with fellow Miami Herald staffer Carol Guzy for coverage of the November 1985 eruption of Colombia 's Nevado Del Ruiz volcano. Du Cille won his second Pulitzer for a photo story about crack cocaine addicts in a Miami housing project.
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. Du Cille has served as picture editor at The Washington Post where he has shot photo stories in Iraq, Sudan, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. He was was appointed assistant managing editor for photography in November 2007. While a student at IU, du Cille worked on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper.
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. Du Cille has served as picture editor at The Washington Post where he has shot photo stories in Iraq, Sudan, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. He was was appointed assistant managing editor for photography in November 2007. While a student at IU, du Cille worked on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper.
