KQED-FM Today: Bay Area News

Today's program on KQED Forum:

The Bay Area News Group announced yesterday it will consolidate its 11 daily East Bay newspapers and eliminate 120 jobs. With advancements in digital technology, news organizations are increasingly veering away from traditional print journalism. We discuss the state of Bay Area journalism in the digital age.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

Alan Mutter, media consultant and former editor of The San Francisco Chronicle
David Weir, veteran journalist, former executive at KQED and journalism professor at UC Berkeley and Stanford
Ken Doctor, news industry analyst for Outsell and author of "Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get"
Mac Tully, president and publisher of the Bay Area News Group


Audio Link: http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201108241000

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

It's been sixty-six years since the U.S. military dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, in the process ending World War II, by destroying the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing massive number of civilians in the process.

An official military photographer named Joe O'Donnell, was the first cameraman to visit the devastated cities after the bombs' mushroom clouds dissipated into the skies above a defeated Japan.

A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to interview Joe O'Donnell's son, Tyge, about the work his Dad did and how the photographs he took can help us all try to comprehend the long-lasting impacts of these incomprehensible, and unprecedented events.

Portions of this interview are now published, for the first time, to my knowledge, anywhere, as part of a video created by Tyge at YouTube.



Here is where you can find additional information about Joe O'Donnell, from Tyge O'Donnell's site.