South Central Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Tom Fox

Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 1:40pm,

Afternoon Sessions

Tom Fox is a Sr. Visual Journalist for The Dallas Morning News

As a photojournalist, I've spent over 30 years experiencing the lives of others and sharing their stories through the lens of a camera. Along the way, I've had the privilege of working on many stories from Arlington to South Africa from the plight of sick orphan Texas children denied healthcare to the World Series Texas Rangers champions.

In that time, Tom was part of a small team of photographers at The Dallas Morning News who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

He was also a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Spot News Photography for coverage of an active shooter outside Dallas' Earle Cabell Federal Building, which houses federal courts. He photographed the ordeal at great personal risk. The series of photos were shown at the 32nd International Festival of Photojournalism ("Visa pour l'image) in Perpignan, France.

In 2022, Festival della Fotografia Etica (Italy) recognized his photo from a Dallas courtroom wedding with the World Report Award's Single Shot of the Year.

Stateside, the National Headliner Awards honored him with Best of Show (2018 and 2020) for his first place photography portfolio.