How Do Reporters Get to New Orleans?

Via Blogspotting, I found an interesting post that addressed a question that had irked me ever since Katrina hit: if reporters seem to have such easy access to the refugees, why don't the aid workers and rescue teams?

According to many of the commenters, the reporters do not carry the burdens of government orders, cumbersome equiptment, and the mobs of hungry people that come with relief missions. Moreover, the news organizations have made a business out of getting into dangerous situations and have learned the tricks necessary to often beat the government to the spot.