| Sumario: | The monthly news magazine The Irrawaddy uses an underground network of contacts and informers to penetrate the hermetically sealed country of Burma. Burma seldom grants visas to Western journalists, and foreign media within Burma can only recruit local journalists—who are subject to intimidation—so it is not quite clear how The Irrawaddy manages to churn out exclusives on such key topics as power struggles within the junta, armed minority rebel groups, health issues, and the mood of the revered Buddhist clergy. Founder and editor Aung Zaw claims the publication sends people in secretly and that it also uses Western sources, who generally pose as tourists. The Irrawaddy, which is based in the northern Thai city of Chiang, also uses multiple sources scattered throughout Burma, who relay information and documents.
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