My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @newyorker.com, Jane Mayer, Erika Hayasaki, @lesleymmblume.bsky.social, @vanityfair.com, @mauricenow.bsky.social, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, and @brendanomeara.bsky.social niemanstoryboard.org/2025/08/08/a...

First-hand accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima, and its aftermath, emerged a year later. Journalist John Hersey brought the lasting damage to light. In 2020, PBS News' Jeffrey Brown spoke with Lesley M.M. Blume about "Fallout," her book on Hersey and his writing about the bombing of Hiroshima.

On Aug. 6, 1945, the world changed forever. The U.S, in the middle of World War II, dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on another Japanese city — Nagasaki. Japan, an Axis power, surrendered soon after, ending the war. 🧵

🎧 Calling all audio learners: Ploughshares' podcast NukeTalk has episodes about the impact & legacy of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. First, "Hiroshima: The Story that Almost Wasn’t" featuring Dr. Yuki Miyamoto & @lesleymmblume.bsky.social ⬇️ ploughshares.org/nuketalk/hir...

On this day 80 years ago the world changed forever. Read @lesleymmblume.bsky.social's article about the victims of the Trinity test. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...