Journalists Arriving in Libya to Cover Uprising Against Gaddafi

Posted on February 22, 2011

Journalists are arriving in Libya to cover the protests against leader Muammar Gaddafi. Foreign journalists have not allowed in Libya, but with protesters freeing part of the country they are finding it much less difficult to get in. Travel in other parts of Libya still under Gaddafi's control, such as Tripoli, will likely not be as easy and could be very dangerous.

Yahoo News reports that CNN's Cairo bureau chief Ben Wedeman is the first Western journalist to broadcast live from within Libya. He is also tweeting what he is seeing, @bencnn.

The Guardian also has an article about journalists arriving in Libya to cover the rebellion.