The cubicles in the Bagdad Press Center are among the hottest real estate in the market, certainly rivaling oil as the number one money-maker for Iraqi government. These figures are stunning-- in addition to the $500/mo. rent, reporters cough up:
-- $100/ day fee per journalist, cameraperson, technical staff etc.
-- $150/ day fee for permission to use a satellite telephone (which the journalists have to provide themselves)
-- $50-100/ day for a mandatory government escort
-- $50-100/ day for a car and driver (some networks have a fleet of vehicles)
-- $75/ day for a room at the Al Rashid Hotel
Reported by Jeremy Scahill for IraqJournal.org, "the only website providing regular independent reporting from the ground in Baghdad."
-- $100/ day fee per journalist, cameraperson, technical staff etc.
-- $150/ day fee for permission to use a satellite telephone (which the journalists have to provide themselves)
-- $50-100/ day for a mandatory government escort
-- $50-100/ day for a car and driver (some networks have a fleet of vehicles)
-- $75/ day for a room at the Al Rashid Hotel
Reported by Jeremy Scahill for IraqJournal.org, "the only website providing regular independent reporting from the ground in Baghdad."
posted by MM at
3:33 PM
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