The Baghdad Newstand

June 13, 2003

The eyes of journalists around the world may be turning away from Baghdad, but Baghdadis themselves have more options than ever for reading about their city. A recent estimate pegged the number of new newspapers in Baghdad at more than 100, up from just five during Saddam's reign. NPR's Deb Amos gives Brooke a view from the ground, and tells Brooke about how the American occupiers are attempting to manage the explosion of new voices.


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