Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person from Harper's Magazine

"Submersion jurnalism" happens when a reporter dares to see a story from the inside: to participate in he events at hand, sometimes undercover, and then to tell the tale from a distinct point of view rather than pretend to some ideal of objectivity. During the Bush years. Harper's correspondents infiltrated the Republican machine, from its lowliest canvassing operation to its corporate and evangelical elite, and they posed as shady clients for sleazy blue-chip lobbying firms. They shot mach...