Misadventures in Journalism

From the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City to the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial of the century in Los Angeles, gonzo journalist H.B. Koplowitz explores the oxymoron of "journalism ethics" in this anthology of seven New Journalism stories. He also goes on an ill-fated media junket to Washington, D.C.; walks on fire; stakes out a media stakeout; tries to "seduce" a source; and slips over to the other side to become a patronage flack.

Koplowitz has been a reporter, editor, publicist,...