http://www.marconews.com/staff/michel-fortier/<p><strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=569978984&ref=name">■ Friend me on Facebook</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href=" http://www.linkedin.com/in/michelfortier">■ Friend me on Facebook</a></strong></p> Michel Fortier is a fifteen-year veteran of the Naples Daily News and is a graduate of the Western Kentucky University School of Journalism where he won numerous awards. Those awards include the Alexia Tsairis Foundation Scholarship, numerous category wins in the College Photographer of the Year competition and first place in the Hearst Photojournalism Competition, considered to be the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate photojournalism. He also studied abroad at Ho Chi Minh City University in Vietnam where he studied Vietnamese language and culture and worked on documentary projects in his free time. During his newspaper career, Michel has also worked for The Dallas Morning News, Minneapolis Star-Tribune and the New York Daily News before becoming a staff photographer at the Naples Daily News in 1998. After becoming the Director of Visuals, he's helped lead the photo department to a Pulitzer prize finalist in 2011 and has won numerous editing awards on a national level including Best of Photojournalism 2013 first place in Best Use of Photos for newspaper picture editing. -1st Place-Best Use of Photos Newspaper Editing NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2013 -2nd Place-Multi-page documentary for Editing, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2013 -2nd Place-Best Use of Photos, Newspaper Editing in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2012 -3rd Place-Best Use of Photos, Newspaper Editing in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2011 -Honorable Mention, Recurring Series, Editing in NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2011 -Honorable Mention, Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year Team, 2011 -1st Place, Multi Page documentary for Editing, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism 2011 en-ushttp://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/17/458039/Dogs barrelling down the track at the Ft. Myers Greyhound track Sunday is a sure sign life is returnFri, 17 May 2013 21:22:31 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/17/458039/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/17/458038/Greyhounds zoom around the Naples Fort Myers Dog Track Wednesday, a track which is celebrating 50 yeFri, 17 May 2013 21:22:28 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/17/458038/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/17/458034/Daniel Enrique Guevara Vilca enters a Collier County courtroom Thursday where he was found guilty ofFri, 17 May 2013 21:00:57 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/17/458034/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/13/456974/Communities and buildings surround Naples Bay as it heads off South into the Gulf of Mexico. Taken oMon, 13 May 2013 21:35:25 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/13/456974/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/08/455790/Broxon Award, player of the year, Carlos Hyde.Wed, 08 May 2013 19:55:42 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/08/455790/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/02/454962/Full of passengers, the "Snook II" makes it's way down a canal and back to the Gordon River. While Thu, 02 May 2013 20:50:19 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/02/454962/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/02/454961/The Southwest Florida Land Preservation Trust will host a Gordon River Greenway Symposium from 8 to Thu, 02 May 2013 20:50:17 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/02/454961/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/01/454591/Michel Fortier/Staff An unidentified driver left a trail of destruction along Lee Road in San CarlosWed, 01 May 2013 15:42:31 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/01/454591/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/01/454590/Michel Fortier/Staff An unidentified driver left a trail of destruction along Lee Road in San CarlosWed, 01 May 2013 15:42:27 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/01/454590/http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/01/454589/Michel Fortier/Staff An unidentified driver left a trail of destruction along Lee Road in San CarlosWed, 01 May 2013 15:42:23 -0000http://www.marconews.com/photos/2013/may/01/454589/