Via TVNewser, whatever else NBC News might be getting wrong, its “Blogging Baghdad” site deserves high praise both for embracing the medium of blogging and for going beyond the usual media fixations to deliver a closer look at daily life in Iraq. Lately, the blog has featured posts from local Iraqi journalists working for NBC News. Their names are being withheld for their own protection. Read this post, written by a local Iraqi journalist:

Capturing the Iraqi Street Scene
I have mixed feelings when I pick up my camera and start filming on Baghdad’s streets.
On the one hand, I feel good about being able to let the world know what is going on here. Being an Iraqi, I can go to places western cameramen can not go to. On the other hand, I am angry over what is happening to the people of Iraq.
Life gets harder everyday, and the poor are getting hit the hardest. The price of everything is going up, corruption is infesting the government, and to top it all off we are in constant danger because of the security situation.
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