Michel du Cille Named NABJ 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
(firmenpresse) - WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwired) -- 04/29/15 -- The National Association of Black Journalists has selected the late Michel du Cille as the recipient of the association''s 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. A respected photojournalist who over the course of a lengthy career earned some of the industry''s highest honors, he was a longtime member of NABJ. Mr. du Cille, who had been a journalist at The Washington Post since 1988, died in December while on assignment in Liberia.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is bestowed upon a journalist with at least 15 years of experience in the journalism industry and who is regarded for making an extraordinary contribution to the enrichment, understanding or advancement of black life and culture.
"Michel du Cille was a talented photojournalist whose images were compelling, thought-provoking and immensely powerful," said NABJ President Bob Butler.
Mr. du Cille was a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. The most recent award was given in 2008 to du Cille and two of his colleagues at The Post for their work, which revealed the shocking mistreatment of veterans at Walter Reed Hospital. Two earlier Pulitzers came for his work at The Miami Herald.
"Michel du Cille is one of the greatest photojournalists of his generation, and how fortunate for the National Association of Black Journalists that he is one of ours," said Vanessa Williams, a former president of NABJ and a reporter and editor at The Washington Post.
At The Post he was the director of photography and an assistant managing editor before returning full-time to work in the field. An industry leader, his contributions to the profession are noteworthy as he was a founding member of NABJ''s Visual Task Force, created as a venue for visual journalists in all mediums, which also raised thousands of dollars for scholarships, and steered the mentoring of aspiring and rising photojournalists.
Mr. du Cille''s honor will be presented to his family at the association''s Salute to Excellence Gala on August 8th during .
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization for journalists of color in the nation, and provides career development as well as educational and other support to its members worldwide. For additional information visit .
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