Tyrone Turner

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Visuals Editor at WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.)

Photojournalist | Visual Storytelling

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'The lawn giveth and the lawn taketh away': Photos from the 41st Annapolis Cup

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Tyrone Turner

The croquet teams from St. John's College and the neighboring U.S. Naval Academy held their annual matchup on Saturday, April 5. The competition takes over the front lawn of St. John's, which was founded in 1696 in Maryland's capital city. Thousands attended, many in fancy dress, bowler hats and sporting large "Beat Navy" or "Beat the Johnnies" pins.
D.C.'s Awesome Con is about being yourself... or your favorite comic book character

2 weeks ago | wamu.org | Matt Blitz |Tyrone Turner

Awesome Con was back at D.C.’s Convention Center this weekend for its 13th edition. The weekend-long convention celebrated nerd culture, featuring cosplaying, gaming, celebrity meet and greets, and just being yourself. On the convention floor, Tim O’Grady of McLean, Virginia dressed in a homemade costume of a guardian from the popular science-fiction video game Destiny 2. He said it took him about a week and $150 to construct.
In need of some peace? Take a stroll — or scroll — through D.C.'s cherry blossoms

4 weeks ago | npr.org | Rachel Treisman |Tyrone Turner

The cherry trees at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., are nearing peak bloom, and the crowds were out on Wednesday to enjoy the display. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU On a crisp, sunny morning in Washington, D.C., scores of locals and tourists alike laced up their sneakers, strapped on their cameras and braved commuter traffic to wind their way toward the blossoms.
“You cannot take history away”: For D.C., Black Lives Matter Plaza isn’t truly gone

1 month ago | wamu.org | Sarah Kim |Tyrone Turner |Dee Dwyer

The sound of its destruction was incessant. Removing the mural with its big yellow letters will take more than a quick repaint – it’s a weeks long process. The first steps: summoning the police to ensure the process goes on without any disruption – then removing the bollards. On day one – March 10 – you could still see the letters under the construction workers as they drilled away over ‘MATTER,’ and laid the bollards down one by one. By the morning of day two, ‘MATTER’ had become a pile of rubble.
At ‘Legacy on Ice’ fundraiser, thousands of D.C. area residents honor plane crash victims

1 month ago | wamu.org | Sarah Kim |Tyrone Turner

For a few days, 2024 World Champion figure skater Ilia Malinin said he had to step away from the ice. Malinin, a Fairfax native, competed in Wichita, Kansas at the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships – the event that skaters, coaches, and family members were returning from when their plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport.
A satire of tragedy: the first Mardi Gras after Katrina

1 month ago | thelensnola.org | Tyrone Turner

That Mardi Gras happened at all in 2006 felt like an incredible feat. A mere six months before, New Orleans had suffered one of the biggest disasters in United States history. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina had devastated the Gulf Coast, killing nearly 2,000 people. In New Orleans, the disaster that we call Katrina was largely due to 50 breaches of the federal levee system that left lives and property in ruins: 80% of the city flooded.
Local USAID workers are ‘in survival mode’

2 months ago | wamu.org | Margaret Barthel |Chris Remington |Tyrone Turner

It was a Tuesday night, and Amy Uccello was planning her return to work as a contractor at the United States Agency for International Development, better known as USAID, where she supported programs promoting adolescent health in countries around the world. She was at the end of her maternity leave. But then a letter arrived by email: she was terminated. “No severance, no cause, no reason,” she said.
A week after tragedy, Alexandrians pause to mourn plane crash victims

2 months ago | wamu.org | Margaret Barthel |Tyrone Turner

The wind off the Potomac was chilly at dusk on Wednesday evening. The people in Rivergate City Park in Alexandria were bundled up in hats and gloves and heavy coats. They bunched together in groups, sheltering lit candles from the wind. “I came out because I think it’s really important in this day and age that members of the community show up when events happen,” said Alexandria resident Haldon Lindstrom. “Big events, tragic events, happy events. It’s so easy to be isolated.
Photos: See the pandas official return to the National Zoo

2 months ago | npr.org | Amy Held |Tyrone Turner |Brian Munoz

Photos: See the pandas official return to the National Zoo : The Picture Show Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are out of quarantine and in the spotlight. After a three month wait and 8,000 mile trip from China. January 24, 20253:51 PM ET Qing Bao, one of the Smithsonian National Zoo's new Giant Pandas, eats an apple on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.
PHOTOS: What we saw on Inauguration Day

Jan 20, 2025 | npr.org | Brian Munoz |Grace Widyatmadja |Tyrone Turner

PHOTOS: What we saw on Inauguration Day : The Picture Show On the day of President Donald Trump's second inauguration, thousands of supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. Take a look at what our photographers captured. January 20, 20258:07 PM ET A young Donald Trump supporter dresses up as the president on Monday, Jan.