James Michalowski is an Ormond Beach, Florida-based photojournalist and picture editor.
Since 2004, he was photography editor at The Daytona Beach News-Journal, a 100,000 circulation daily newspaper, the last, large, family-owned newspaper in Florida.
Previously, he was a staff photographer and director of photography at The Citizen at Auburn, in central New York from 1996-2002.
Michalowski attended Syracuse University earning a Masters of Professional Studies (M.P.S.) in Media (Newspaper) and Business Administration, jointly, from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Whitman School of Management in 1995. Previously, he earned a bachelor of science degree in photojournalism from Newhouse in 1993.
He has been recognized for excellence in photography, picture-editing and design by the National Press Photographers Association, Society for News Design, The Associated Press (N.Y.), Florida (state) and Syracuse Press Clubs.
Michalowski serves as National Press Photographers Association Region 6 (S.E. United States) director and is a member of the Society for News Design, Online News Association and National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.