AWARDS AND HONORS
“Ultra-solid composition and news sense. Corralling messy reality into a beautifully organized image is a real talent at which Mr. Pool excels.”
2006 Pulizer Prize for Breaking News Photography
Contributed 20 percent of photographs awarded the prize for team coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
National Press Photographers Association Monthly News Clip Contest
2018 National Photographer of the Year
2015 Region 8 Photographer of the Year
2004 Region 8 Photographer of the Year
2001 Region 8 Photographer of the Year
2000 Region 8 Photographer of the Year
1999 Region 8 Photographer of the Year
1998 Region 8 Photographer of the Year
1996 Region 8 Photographer of the Year
1994 Region 9 Photographer of the Year
Texas Managing Editors Awards (Formerly Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Awards)
2023 Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2023 3rd Place Sports Photograph
2023 3rd Place Star Investigative Report of the Year (with Lauren Caruba and Ari Sen)
2022 2nd Place Feature Photograph
2022 Honorable Mention Photojournalism
2021 Honorable Mention News Photograph
2020 1st Place Sports Photograph
2020 2nd Place Feature Photograph
2020 3rd Place Online Presentation
2019 2nd Place Spot News Photography
2018 2nd Place Star Photojournalist (large markets)
2017 1st Place Feature Photograph
2016 Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2016 Honorable Mention Sports Photograph
2015 Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2015 1st Place Spot News Photograph
2015 2nd Place Feature Photograph
2015 Honorable Mention General News Photograph
2014 1st Place Team Effort (with Eric Berger)
2014 3rd Place Photojournalism
2013 Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2012 Honorable Mention Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2012 3rd Place Sports Photograph
2011 Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2011 1st Place Photojournalism
2011 2nd Place Spot News Photograph
2011 3rd Place Star Online Package of the Year
2010 Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2010 Star Online Package of the Year (large markets)
2010 1st Place Best Photo Gallery
2010 1st Place General News Photograph
2010 2nd Place Photojournalism
2010 3rd Place General News Photograph
2010 3rd Place Sports Photograph
2009 1st Place Sports Photograph
2009 3rd Place Sports Photograph
2009 Honorable Mention Sports Photograph
2008 Star Photojournalist of the Year (large markets)
2008 2nd Place Sports Photograph
2008 Honorable Mention Photojournalism
2008 Honorable Mention Best Photo Gallery
2008 Honorable Mention Spot News Photograph
1999 2nd Place Sports Photograph
1999 Honorable Mention Sports Photograph
1998 1st Place Sports Photograph
1997 Honorable Mention News Photograph
1997 1st Place Feature Photograph
1997 2nd Place News Photograph
1997 2nd Place Sports Photograph
1997 2nd Place Photojournalism
1995 Honorable Mention Feature Photograph
1995 Honorable Mention Photojournalism
1994 1st Place Sports Photograph
1994 Honorable Mention Photojournalism
National Headliners
2021 1st Place Single Day Photo Story
2019 2nd Place Feature Photography
2019 1st Place Single Day Photo Story
2018 1st Place Sports Photography
2018 2nd Place Photography Portfolio
2017 2nd Place Photography Portfolio
2017 2nd Place Sports Photography
2004 1st Online Journalism *
NPPA/Best of Photojournalism (BOP)
2009 2nd Place Olympics Video
2005 2nd Place Large Market Photojournalist of the Year
2005 Honorable Mention Natural Disaster Single
2005 Honorable Mention Natural Disaster Story
2004 3rd Place Multimedia
University of Missouri Pictures of the Year (POYi)
2009 1st Place Sports Portfolio
2005 Award of Excellence Natural Disaster Single (x2)
2004 2nd Place Olympic Picture Story
2004 3rd Place Single Page Editing
NPPA/University of Missouri Pictures of the Year
2000 Award of Excellence Olypics Single
1998 2nd Place General News Picture Story
1996 Award of Excellence Sports Portfolio
1995 Award of Excellence Sports Portfolio
1995 Award of Excellence Sports Picture Story
1989 2nd Place Newspaper Fashion Illustration
Best of the West
2023 1st Place Investigative Reporting (with Lauren Caruba and Ari Sen)
2023 2nd Place Sports Photography
2022 3rd Place News Slideshow (with Lola Gomez)
2020 1st Place News Slideshow
2020 3rd Place Sports Photography
Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards
2023 1st Place Print/Online (with Lauren Caruba and Ari Sen)
The Dallas Morning News
2020 Photojournalist/Videographer of the Year
2015 Photojournalist/Videographer of the Year
Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards
2004 1st Web Reporting*
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
2005 3rd Place Photo of the Year
Malofiej International Infographics competition
2004 Bronze: Multimedia*
Headliners Club of Texas – Charles E. Green Journalism Contest
2004 Web Presentation*
2001 News Photograph
2000 Sports Photograph
1999 Feature photograph
Pro Football Hall of Fame Photo Contest
1996 2nd Place Feature Photograph
1995 1st Place Feature Photograph
1989 1st Place Black and White Photograph
National Association of Black Journalists
1998 1st Place Picture Story
1996 1st Place Feature Photograph
Atrium Awards for Excellence on Reporting in the American Garment Industry
1994 Award for Fashion Photography
Houston Press Club
Over a dozen awards including four-time photojournalist of the year
Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters
Over a dozen individual awards
Hearst Corporation “Best of Hearst” Contest
Over a dozen awards in monthly and annual competitions
Hearst Corporation Eagle Award
1997 The Hearst Eagle Award “for outstanding performance and an unwavering pursuit of organizational goals and objectives”
Hearst Corporation Promotion
2003 Subject of corporate advertising campaign featured in Editor & Publisher and Columbia Journalism Review
Baylor College of Medicine
2001 1st Annual Matthew A. Carter Memorial Lecture on the Compassion and Art of Medicine
* With Karen Dee Davis and John Banks for The Double Arabian: A Very Dangerous Skill