Ordinary people doing extraordinary journalism -- from Iraq

While too many mainstream news organizations are cutting back on foreign correspondents and war reporters in Iraq understandably are limited in their access, a “citizen news” operation continues to cover Iraq on the ground and win a few journalism awards as it does: Alive in Baghdad.

Here’s a good, short segment on how hard it is for regular Iraqis to get gasoline in a country with substantial oil - http://aliveinbaghdad.org/2007/08/27/iraq-has-no-new-oil-law-and-no-gas/

This week, they had a decent feature on goldsmiths still operating. For it and its video archive, click here -- http://www.aliveinbaghdad.org/