The programs offered aspiring Iraqi journalists a new career direction.
Iraqi journalists are getting the chance to shop their résumés.
Still, it is Iraqi journalists who have been most at risk.
"There are baby clothes and food and everything at low prices," an Iraqi journalist said.
The contractor's work also included paying Iraqi journalists for favorable treatment.
And all Iraqi journalists have to live with the fear of death, which often dictates extreme security measures.
"The act damaged the reputation of the Iraqi journalists and journalism in general," a statement said.
Iraqi journalists make up by far the largest number of victims.
But the police threatened to break my camera and forced me and other Iraqi journalists out of the street.
As a general rule, all Iraqi journalists found ways of keeping their work a secret.