Photographer injured in Libya grew up in Skagit County

Michael Christopher Brown, one of four news photographers wounded in the shelling of Misrata, Libya, Wednesday, is a Washington state native inspired to take up a career in photojournalism by a class he took at Western Washington University, according to National Geographic, one of the agencies he has worked for.

The New York Times reported that Brown, who was in Libya working for the Corbis agency, suffered shrapnel wounds to his left shoulder and was in surgery late Wednesday night. His injuries were not regarded as life-threatening.