Pulitzer Prize awarded Kentucky-based photojournalist focused on emerging issues & breaking news. Proud Afralachian.
Louisville, KY
Joined May 2012
- Tweets3.6K
- Following883
- Followers744
- Likes1.1K
Jon Cherry retweeted
NTSB issues final report on the 2025 explosion aboard sludge vessel Hunts Point while moored at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant on the Hudson River in New York, New York: ntsb.gov/investigations/Page…
ALT Hunts Point on July 7, 2018, before the explosion. (Source: Frank Joniak, shipspotting.com)
Jon Cherry retweeted
Check out @jonpcherry’s pictures from Turning Point apnews.com/photo-gallery/tur…
Jon Cherry retweeted
Mason County, Kentucky officials encouraged residents to sell their land for a large development project - but refused to say what the project was.
It turned out to be a data center.
courier-journal.com/story/ne…
Jon Cherry retweeted
New: American whiskey braces for another Trump trade war.
The spirits industry supply chain faces a squeeze if tariffs raise import costs and retaliation closes off export markets.
Dispatch from Kentucky w/ @jonpcherry
nytimes.com/2025/04/08/busin… via @NYTimes
Jon Cherry retweeted
The Arthur Street Hotel in Louisville hosts guests without requiring mental health or substance use treatment. Two years in, they've gotten 200 people into permanent housing. @byrobertor and @jonpcherry take you inside. lpm.org/hotel
Jon Cherry retweeted
A month after the SCOTUS Grants Pass decision, I followed an outreach worker around Kentucky homeless encampments as they were being cleared — and the photos in this story by @jonpcherry are just stunning. nytimes.com/2024/11/05/busin…
Jon Cherry retweeted
Every summer, hundreds of college-age musicians spend countless hours — and their own money — pursuing a single goal: the @DCI world championship.
The latest on the @Bluecoats’ big win by @chrisjalmeida and @jonpcherry for @nytimes.
nytimes.com/2024/08/21/style…
Jon Cherry retweeted
Beautiful photos of @AndyBeshearKY by @jonpcherry. You captured his essence beautifully, Jon. instagram.com/p/C-QPhOCRNse/…
Jon Cherry retweeted
This is a close up pic of trump's ear taken yesterday at the bitcoin. Presented without comment.
Photo by @jonpcherry
Jon Cherry retweeted
With news surrounding President @JoeBiden dropping out of the race for reelection, I had the opportunity to speak to some Missouri voters for @npr.
Check out the @stlpublicradio story along with @jrosenbaum, @AbbyLlorico and @Will_Bauer_: bit.ly/stl-biden-drops-race
Jon Cherry retweeted
Thrilled to announce our new photo @reuterspictures summer intern Kent Edwards who will be based in New York. He’s an incredible talent and looking forward to having his byline on the Reuters wire linkedin.com/posts/basmah-fa…
Jon Cherry retweeted
A supporter wearing Trump 2024 shoes erects flags on his truck, which also includes a depiction of U.S. President Joe Biden bound in rope, before a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Wildwood, New Jersey. Photo by @jimurquhartpixs
Jon Cherry retweeted
A timelapse this morning from Black Mountain — the highest point in Kentucky.
@heraldleader
Jon Cherry retweeted
Men watch for U.S. authorities while shearing an opening through a razor wire-laden fence for a group of migrants from South and Central America to enter into the United States from along the bank of the Rio Grande River, in El Paso, Texas. Photo by @orr_photo
Jon Cherry retweeted
Migrants try to cross concertina wire at the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas. Photo by Justin Hamel
Jon Cherry retweeted
"These are completely avoidable deaths,” said @Christy_E_Lopez, a Georgetown law professor.
“Police are killing too many people in pursuits for reasons that are entirely unnecessary.”
Our national investigation. ⬇️ sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
With @susieneilson. Video editing: @GuyWathen. Visuals: @stephenlamphoto @jonpcherry Liz Sanders Brittany Greeson. Editing: @lisagartner @marxjesse @dkopf @demianbulwa @garciaruize. Visuals editing: @PhotoFruge. Video production: @Dgascon. Icons: John Blanchard. Design: @daniellemparks. Design and development: @alexkfong & @SophieDAmato2. Additional development: @danrindl & @janiehaseman. Data visualization: @namisumida Copy editing: Michael Mayer.
Jon Cherry retweeted
What does Kentucky's only national park, the world's longest cave, extinct shark fossils, endangered bats, climate disasters, & state politics all have in common? With the help of @BitterSouth & @jonpcherry, I tried to sum it up here:
bittersoutherner.com/feature…
Jon Cherry retweeted
Police booking mugshots of former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted with him in Georgia. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout
Jon Cherry retweeted
Last fall @jonpcherry & I went hunting for shark fossils in Mammoth Cave, a passageway into thinking about climate change, disasters, state politics, exploration, and how to make it all make sense. Thrilled to be in this issue w/ so many writers, artists, & musicians I admire
Issue No. 6 is here headlining @JasonIsbell and @MissMargoPrice !!! There’s poetry from Clint Smith, J. Drew Lanham & Silas House + stories about Mammoth Cave in KY, chefs on boats in LA, lightning bugs in SC, and kudzu, well, all over the damn place : bsgeneralstore.com/products/…
Jon Cherry retweeted
A person holds a sign as spectators gather in the gallery of the House Chamber during a special session on public safety to discuss gun violence in the wake of the Covenant School shooting, at the Tennessee State Capitol, in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by @orr_photo
