For four decades, foreign journalists have been banned from reporting in Libya. And Moammar Ghaddafi's government has kept tight control on Libyan journalists, dictating exactly what the state media covers.

When the recent revolutionary movement began, foreign journalists managed to enter the country through the east, which was controlled by those rebelling against the Ghaddafi regime. The World Vision Report's Bonnie Allen was in the east during the brief period when it was relatively safe to report. Like many foreign journalists, she was recently forced to leave. In this Reporter's Notebook, Bonnie recounts how the people in eastern Libya gave journalists a warm welcome.

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