Sebastian Junger's stylistic use of expert testimony.

What is it about?

Using epistemological theory, this article examines how literary journalists can know their subjects well. Sebastian Junger used multiple methods to report the experiences of soldiers in combat in War. Junger used videotaping, secondary sources, immersion reporting, direct observation, extensive interviewing, an informant, and expert testimony -- his trade mark not used as extensively or integrally by other literary journalists. The expert testimony is a form of descriptive knowledge that allows journalists to gain deep understandings of subjects. Expert testimony is defined as testimony from scientific studies and academic articles and books, which connect the experiences of the soldiers he wrote about to the experiences of soldiers in previous wars.

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Why is it important?

Explains a unique stylistic technique -- use of expert testimony -- that Junger employs in his work that other literary journalists could adopt.