Fund update
We have just topped $1,200 in donation in five days, and folks, that's just incredible. Thanks so much to everyone.
In other news, I've got a lead on possible donation of a satellite phone and I'm going to see about the donation of a new laptop that is lighter, tougher and more versatile than the Apple G3 PowerBook I took before. (Don't get me wrong, it's great machine and I'm more than a little sentimentally attached to the black beast that crossed the Tigris with me. I just need something a little lighter.)
But the best thing that has come out of Back to Iraq is the realization that for the first time in my 13 years as a journalist, I'm able to practice journalism with only one responsibility -- to the readers. No editors to impress, no advertisers to stroke, no colleagues to compete against. (Well, except for George over at Warblogging. Heh.) The support all of you have shown is tremendous, and I take the responsibility to provide you with news, commentary and context from the war and the following occupation very seriously. Again, thank you for supporting me in the my efforts to do that.
Also, in the coming days, look for a big announcement that will make your site surfing for war news easier. I won't say much now, but watch this space.
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Hi there! Thanks for stopping in. I'm Christopher Allbritton, former AP and New York Daily News reporter. In 2002, I went stumbling around Iraqi Kurdistan, the northern part of Iraq outside Saddam's direct control, looking for stories. (Some might call it "looking for trouble.") In March 2003, I made it back in time for the war, becoming the Web's first fully reader-funded journalist-blogger. With the support of thousands of readers, we raised almost $15,000. You can read my dispatches here. It was one of the moments in journalism when everything worked. It was a grand -- and successful -- experiment in independent journalism. In 2004, I moved to Iraq, where I would spend the next two years. It was a raucous, scary and exciting place with a lot of news going on. But I've since moved on to Beirut and the wider region. I now report for a variety of outlets.
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