http://naplesnews.com/staff/michel_fortier/Michel Fortier is a seven-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 short 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. Since becoming a staff photographer, he has won dozens of awards at the national and state level. en-ushttp://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89368/In a letter to Santa Claus, Ashleigh Costa, 12, asked if life could be a little easier for her motheThu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:03 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89368/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89362/An immature reddish egret forages in the shallow waters off Tigertail Beach on Marco Island. Michel Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:55:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89362/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89354/Minnesota resident Scott Beckland, 18, could spend his vacation lying on the sand but chose to creatWed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:05 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89354/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89353/Minnesota resident Scott Beckland, 18, could spend his vacation lying on the sand but chose to creatWed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:05 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89353/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89352/Minnesota resident Scott Beckland, 18, could spend his vacation lying on the sand but chose to creatWed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:04 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89352/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89351/Minnesota resident Scott Beckland, 18, could spend his vacation lying on the sand but chose to creatWed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:04 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/07/89351/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89272/William Lee Salisbury walks into a Collier County courtroom for the jury selection process Monday fWed, 07 Jan 2009 00:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89272/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89273/Defense attorney Paul D. Sullivan, left, and defendent William Lee Salisbury, right, await the jury Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89273/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89268/Defense attorney Paul D. Sullivan, left, and defendent William Lee Salisbury, right, await the jury Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:16:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89268/http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89269/Defense attorney Paul D. Sullivan, left, and defendent William Lee Salisbury, right, await the jury Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:16:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/photos/2009/jan/06/89269/