Marie Colvin: Difference between revisions

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Undid revision 478258545 by 2.89.111.254 (talk)
Trident13 (talk | contribs)
103,559 edits
personal life→‎Death
Line 34: Line 34:
==Career==
==Career==
Colvin started her career a year after graduating from Yale as a midnight-to-6 a.m. police reporter for [[United Press International]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |title=Highway to the Danger Zone |first=Sherry |last=Ricchiardi |url=http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=746 |newspaper=[[American Journalism Review]] |date=April 2000 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> In 1984, Colvin became the Paris bureau chief for [[United Press International]], moving to the Sunday Times in 1985. Starting in 1986, she was the newspaper's Middle East correspondent, and then from 1995 was the Foreign Affairs correspondent. Although specializing in the Middle East, she also covered conflicts in Chechnya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. She won the International Women's Media Foundation award for 'Courage in Journalism' for her coverage of Kosovo and Chechnya.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woman Journalist Gets Her Story: In Spite of Grenade Attack, Marie Colvin Files Her Report |first= |last= |url=http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2001/04/27/news/colvin.html |newspaper= |date= |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in heavy shelling in Syria' just hours after broadcast on ITN News At Ten |first=Charles |last=Walford |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104711/Marie-Colvin-dead-Journalist-killed-Homs-Syria-hours-ITN-News-At-Ten-broadcast.html |newspaper=[[Mail Online]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marie Colvin killed in Syria: life and times of distinguished war correspondent |first=Alex |last=Spillius |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9098180/Marie-Colvin-killed-in-Syria-life-and-times-of-distinguished-war-correspondent.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> She wrote and produced documentaries, including ''Arafat: Behind the Myth'' for the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Marie Colvin, American journalist of war |first=Nazish |last=Fatima |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11570335-death-of-marie-colvin-american-journalist-of-war |newspaper= |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> She is featured in the 2005 documentary film ''[[Bearing Witness]]''. She lost an eye to shrapnel in 2001 while working in [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |title=Syria: Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in Homs' |first=Murray |last=Wardrop |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9097762/Syria-Sunday-Times-journalist-Marie-Colvin-killed-in-Homs.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref>
Colvin started her career a year after graduating from Yale as a midnight-to-6 a.m. police reporter for [[United Press International]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |title=Highway to the Danger Zone |first=Sherry |last=Ricchiardi |url=http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=746 |newspaper=[[American Journalism Review]] |date=April 2000 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> In 1984, Colvin became the Paris bureau chief for [[United Press International]], moving to the Sunday Times in 1985. Starting in 1986, she was the newspaper's Middle East correspondent, and then from 1995 was the Foreign Affairs correspondent. Although specializing in the Middle East, she also covered conflicts in Chechnya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. She won the International Women's Media Foundation award for 'Courage in Journalism' for her coverage of Kosovo and Chechnya.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woman Journalist Gets Her Story: In Spite of Grenade Attack, Marie Colvin Files Her Report |first= |last= |url=http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2001/04/27/news/colvin.html |newspaper= |date= |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in heavy shelling in Syria' just hours after broadcast on ITN News At Ten |first=Charles |last=Walford |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104711/Marie-Colvin-dead-Journalist-killed-Homs-Syria-hours-ITN-News-At-Ten-broadcast.html |newspaper=[[Mail Online]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marie Colvin killed in Syria: life and times of distinguished war correspondent |first=Alex |last=Spillius |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9098180/Marie-Colvin-killed-in-Syria-life-and-times-of-distinguished-war-correspondent.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> She wrote and produced documentaries, including ''Arafat: Behind the Myth'' for the BBC.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Marie Colvin, American journalist of war |first=Nazish |last=Fatima |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11570335-death-of-marie-colvin-american-journalist-of-war |newspaper= |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> She is featured in the 2005 documentary film ''[[Bearing Witness]]''. She lost an eye to shrapnel in 2001 while working in [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |title=Syria: Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in Homs' |first=Murray |last=Wardrop |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9097762/Syria-Sunday-Times-journalist-Marie-Colvin-killed-in-Homs.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Married three times, Colvin lived in [[Hammersmith]], [[West London]]. She had no children.<ref name=DMail2104711>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104711/Marie-Colvin-dead-Journalist-killed-Homs-Syria-hours-ITN-News-At-Ten-broadcast.html|title=Veteran American war reporter Marie Colvin killed when Syrian army shells media center just hours after her last TV broadcast|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|date=22 February 2012|accessdate=2012-02-22}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Colvin had made her last broadcast on the evening of the 21 February, 2012, appearing on [[CNN]], [[ITN News]] and [[Channel4]] via [[satelitte phone]].<ref name=DMail2104711/>

Colvin was killed [[February 2012 bombardment of Homs|by an artillery shell]] in [[Homs]], [[Syria]], along with award-winning French photographer [[Rémi Ochlik]] during the [[2011–2012 Syrian uprising]].<ref name=telegraph /><ref>{{cite news |title='Foreign journalists killed' in Homs shelling |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/201222291445322238.html |newspaper=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/veteran-war-reporter-marie-colvin-killed-in-syria |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref>
Colvin was killed [[February 2012 bombardment of Homs|by an artillery shell]] in [[Homs]], [[Syria]], along with award-winning French photographer [[Rémi Ochlik]] during the [[2011–2012 Syrian uprising]].<ref name=telegraph /><ref>{{cite news |title='Foreign journalists killed' in Homs shelling |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/201222291445322238.html |newspaper=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/veteran-war-reporter-marie-colvin-killed-in-syria |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref>


Revision as of 15:10, 22 February 2012

Marie Colvin
Born1957
Oyster Bay, New York, USA
Died(2012-02-22)February 22, 2012 (aged 55)[1]
Homs, Syria
NationalityUnited States
EducationYale University
Occupation

Marie Colvin (1957 – February 22, 2012) was an American journalist who worked for the British newspaper The Sunday Times over two decades.

Early life

Marie Catherine Colvin was born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, on Long Island in New York State. She graduated Oyster Bay High School in 1974 and attended Yale University.

Career

Colvin started her career a year after graduating from Yale as a midnight-to-6 a.m. police reporter for United Press International in New York City.[2] In 1984, Colvin became the Paris bureau chief for United Press International, moving to the Sunday Times in 1985. Starting in 1986, she was the newspaper's Middle East correspondent, and then from 1995 was the Foreign Affairs correspondent. Although specializing in the Middle East, she also covered conflicts in Chechnya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. She won the International Women's Media Foundation award for 'Courage in Journalism' for her coverage of Kosovo and Chechnya.[3][4][5] She wrote and produced documentaries, including Arafat: Behind the Myth for the BBC.[6] She is featured in the 2005 documentary film Bearing Witness. She lost an eye to shrapnel in 2001 while working in Sri Lanka.[7]

Personal life

Married three times, Colvin lived in Hammersmith, West London. She had no children.[8]

Death

Colvin had made her last broadcast on the evening of the 21 February, 2012, appearing on CNN, ITN News and Channel4 via satelitte phone.[8]

Colvin was killed by an artillery shell in Homs, Syria, along with award-winning French photographer Rémi Ochlik during the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising.[7][9][10]

Awards

  1. 2000: Journalist of the Year: Foreign Press Association.
  2. 2000: Courage in Journalism: International Women's Media Foundation.
  3. 2001: Foreign Reporter of the Year:British Press Awards
  4. 2010:Foreign Reporter of the Year:British Press Awards (second award).

References

  1. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/world/middleeast/marie-colvin-and-remi-ochlik-journalists-killed-in-syria.html
  2. ^ Ricchiardi, Sherry (April 2000). "Highway to the Danger Zone". American Journalism Review. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  3. ^ "Woman Journalist Gets Her Story: In Spite of Grenade Attack, Marie Colvin Files Her Report". Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  4. ^ Walford, Charles (February 22, 2012). "Veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in heavy shelling in Syria' just hours after broadcast on ITN News At Ten". Mail Online. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  5. ^ Spillius, Alex (February 22, 2012). "Marie Colvin killed in Syria: life and times of distinguished war correspondent". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  6. ^ Fatima, Nazish (February 22, 2012). "Death of Marie Colvin, American journalist of war". Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Wardrop, Murray (February 22, 2012). "Syria: Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in Homs'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Veteran American war reporter Marie Colvin killed when Syrian army shells media center just hours after her last TV broadcast". Daily Mail. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  9. ^ "'Foreign journalists killed' in Homs shelling". Al Jazeera. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  10. ^ "Veteran war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria". Channel 4. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.

Further reading

  • Leith, Denise (2004). Bearing Witness: The Lives of War Correspondents and Photojournalists. Random House Australia. pp. 92f. ISBN 174051260X.
  • Mills, Eleanor (2005). "Marie Colvin, 1957–". Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs: 100 Years of the Best Journalism by Women. London: Constable. pp. 152f. ISBN 1845291654.

External links

Awards
Preceded by British Foreign Reporter of the Year
2001, 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Succeeded by

Template:Persondata

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about an American journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marie_Colvin&oldid=478259031"