Michele McNally
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Brooklyn College[1]
Michele McNally | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 25, 1955[1] |
| Died | February 18, 2022 (aged 66) |
| Education | Queens College (theater arts)[1][2] Brooklyn College[1] |
| Occupation | Photojournalism editing |
| Employer(s) | Time-Life (1980s)[1] Fortune Magazine 1986–2004[1] The New York Times 2004–2018[1] |
| Title | Director of Photography |
| Awards | · Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award[1][3] · Angus McDougall Visual Editing Award 2015, 2017[1][4] |
Michele McNally (June 25, 1955 – February 18, 2022) was an American photojournalism editor at The New York Times. She was the director of photography there during a 14-year span from 2004 to 2018.[1][5][6][7][8] During her tenure, the newspaper won numerous awards for photojournalism, including Pulitzer Prizes, George M. Polk Awards, Overseas Press Club honors, Emmys and other citations for excellence in photography.[1][9][10][11] As an editor, she won the Jim Gordon Editor of the Year Award for photojournalism from the National Press Photographers Association,[1][3] and she won the Angus McDougall Visual Editing Award in 2015 and 2017.[1][4] She was active as a judge in numerous photography journalism competitions.[12][13][14] Her work often involved looking carefully at particular photographs to ascertain whether any of them had been staged or doctored, and she often weighed in on issues regarding particular photos.[15][16][17] In evaluating photographs for news pictures, when depicting real situations and events, her policy was not to permit photographs which were staged.[14]
McNally died in Yonkers, New York, on February 18, 2022, at the age of 66.[1]
