Hiroshima Lesson Plan

Hiroshima was one of the earliest examples of New Journalism, in which non-fiction reporting uses techniques traditionally reserved for fiction writing. This wave, considered unconventional at the time, favored subjective accounts and the idea of "truth" being broader than just "facts." Hersey is considered an early adopter, even an unintentional founder of the movement, though he would later criticize it as being insufficiently rigorous or factual. The term itself was coined by Tom Wolfe, who published a collection in 1973 titled "The New Journalism," including works by Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Joan Didion and others. Hersey's own use of the style for Hiroshima had to do with...