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After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: How Allied Media Reported on the Atomic Bombs’ Devastation

After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: How Allied Media Reported on the Atomic Bombs’ Devastation

An Oral History of the Coverage What the United States Attempted to Cover Up

By Garrett M. Graff | August 20, 2025

When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

Katie Hafner Recommends Anna Quindlen, Geraldine Brooks, and More

By Katie Hafner | July 28, 2022

Reporting on Human Suffering in COVID Times Means Looking to the Past

Reporting on Human Suffering in COVID Times Means Looking to the Past

Lesley Blume Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 7, 2021

The <em>New Yorker</em> Article Heard Round the World

The New Yorker Article Heard Round the World

Revisiting John Hersey's Groundbreaking "Hiroshima"

By Greg Mitchell | July 2, 2020

The Poetic Half-Life of One Family's Nuclear History

The Poetic Half-Life of One Family's Nuclear History

Tyler Mills on Her Grandfather's Role in the Bombing of Nagasaki

By Tyler Mills | June 5, 2019

How John Hersey Revealed the Horrors of the Atomic Bomb to the US

How John Hersey Revealed the Horrors of the Atomic Bomb to the US

Remembering Hiroshima, the Story That Changed Everything

By Jeremy Treglown | April 23, 2019

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