Finalist: Tom Fox of The Dallas Morning News
Nominated Work
A security guard and a civilian ran for cover as bullets ricocheted off the Earle Cabell Federal Building on Monday. A masked gunman in combat gear, who is crossing the street on the far left side of the photograph, opened fire at the federal courthouse before being fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with officers, witnesses and authorities said. (June 18, 2019)
Armed with an AR-15 style rife, Brian Isaack Clyde attacked the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse, Monday morning, June 17, 2019 in downtown Dallas. Courthouse security returned fire. The man, wearing a mask and combat gear, was fatally shot by courthouse security while he opened fire on the rear entry. No one else was injured. Clyde ran into a parking lot across the street, collapsed and died at the scene. Here, he picks up a clip he dropped as he approached the rear of the courthouse. (June 18, 2019)
Law enforcement officers provide medical attention to shooter, Brian Isaack Clyde, after he collapsed in a downtown Dallas parking lot Monday morning after firing at the Earle Cabell Federal Building. Clyde died at the scene. (June 18, 2019)
Biography
Tom Fox is a Sr. Visual Journalist at The Dallas Morning News, where he has been a part of the staff since 2001. In 2006, he and his colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, which depicted the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans.
In 2018, National Headliner Awards honored him with best of show and first place for photography portfolio. His work has also earned him accolades from POYi, NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism, Texas APME and Headliners, NFL Hall of Fame, and the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar.
Additionally, he has been on staff The Arlington Morning News and The Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
Tom graduated in 1991 from the University of Texas at Arlington with a B.F.A in photography. The native Minnesotan who was raised in the Midwest before settling in Texas.