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Speaker's Biography:
Luis Sinco
Photographer, Los Angeles Times
Luis Sinco is a photographer for the Los Angeles Times. In the fall of 2004, Sinco covered the assault on Fallouja as an embedded journalist with troops from the 8th Marine Regiment. He took the famous photograph of Cpl. James Miller of Kentucky – cigarette hanging from his lips, nose bloodied, face dirtied – in what has become known as the “Marlboro man” photo. Sinco was part of the Times’ team of journalists who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for their coverage of the California wildfires. Prior to joining the Times in 1997, he was a freelance photographer, a staff photographer for Copley Los Angeles Newspapers and an associate editor for the Philippine American News. Sinco has won numerous awards, including honors from the Los Angeles Press Club, Pictures of the Year International, National Association of Hispanic Journalists and Asian American Journalists Association. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Washington.
Panel:
Journalists on the Front Lines: Covering the War in Iraq »
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