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/news/2008/nov/23/our-world-bonita-barbershop-gives-veterans-free-ha/Our World: Bonita barbershop gives veterans free haircutsMon, 24 Nov 2008 00:58:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/23/our-world-bonita-barbershop-gives-veterans-free-ha/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/09/our-world-sickness-and-health/Our World: In sickness and in healthSun, 09 Nov 2008 23:09:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/nov/09/our-world-sickness-and-health/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/17/our-world-champion/Our World: Like a championSun, 17 Aug 2008 21:37:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/17/our-world-champion/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/14/estudiante-de-lee-estarn-en-buenas-manos-para-su-r/Estudiantes de Lee estarán en ‘buenas manos’ para su regreso a clasesThu, 14 Aug 2008 04:01:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/aug/14/estudiante-de-lee-estarn-en-buenas-manos-para-su-r/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/jun/08/our-world-and-out-zone/Our World: In (and out) of the zoneSun, 08 Jun 2008 22:07:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/jun/08/our-world-and-out-zone/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/apr/27/our-world-more-light-bulb/Our World: More than the light bulbSun, 27 Apr 2008 22:52:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/apr/27/our-world-more-light-bulb/http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/apr/20/our-world-catbird-seat/Our World: The catbird seatSun, 20 Apr 2008 23:01:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/apr/20/our-world-catbird-seat/