Cannon Hersey is a media entrepreneur, visual artist, filmmaker and organizer of large-scale cultural platforms in New York City, Sao Paulo, Miami, Tokyo, Houston, Hiroshima and Johannesburg. Through media, on-line innovation and art, Hersey connects to mass public audiences in unique and unexpected ways to explore the major issues of our time in the modern global world.

Over the past six years, Hersey has been a producer, writer, and researcher for over 40 documentary programs for NHK and NHK World with Taku Nishimae and 1Future. Hersey has been the host of 8 television programs made by NHK about the legacy of the writer John Hersey and Cannon Hersey’s work addressing the social issues of our time in Hiroshima and Detroit. and. The content made by Hersey and Nishimae for NHK World and NHK since 2015 surpassed 1 Billion impressions in 2020.