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==Death==
==Death==
In February 2012, Colvin illegally crossed into [[Syria]] on the back of a [[motocross]] [[motorcycle]], due to the Syrian government's attempts to prevent foreign journalists from covering the [[2011–2012 Syrian uprising]]. Colvin was stationed in the western [[Baba Amr]] district of the city of [[Homs]], and made her last broadcast on the evening of February 21, appearing on the [[BBC]], [[Channel4]], [[CNN]] and [[ITN News]] via [[satellite phone]].<ref name=DMail2104711/>


Colvin was killed by a rocket, along with award-winning French photographer [[Rémi Ochlik]], while fleeing a building being [[February 2012 bombardment of Homs|shelled by the Syrian Army]] in [[Homs]], [[Syria]] 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> having made her last broadcast on the evening of February 21, 2012, appearing on the [[BBC]], [[CNN]], [[ITN News]] and [[Channel4]] via [[satellite phone]].<ref name=DMail2104711/> They had both crossed the Syrian border illegally due to the Syrian government's attempts to prevent foreign journalists covering the uprising in the country.
Colvin and award-winning French photographer [[Rémi Ochlik]] were killed on February 22 by a rocket, while fleeing a temporary media building that was being [[February 2012 bombardment of Homs|shelled]] by the [[Syrian Army]].<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> Fellow journalist Jean-Pierre Perrin and other sources reported that the building had been deliberately targeted by the Syrian Army, identified using satellite phone signals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marie Colvin: Britain summons Syria ambassador over killing | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9098511/Marie-Colvin-Britain-summons-Syria-ambassador-over-killing.html | newspaper = [[The Telegraph]] | date=February 22, 2012 | accessdate=February 22, 2012 }}</ref>

Fellow journalist Jean-Pierre Perrin and other sources reported that Colvin and Ochlik had been deliberately targeted by the Syrian Army.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marie Colvin: Britain summons Syria ambassador over killing | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9098511/Marie-Colvin-Britain-summons-Syria-ambassador-over-killing.html | newspaper = [[The Telegraph]] | date=February 22, 2012 | accessdate=February 22, 2012 }}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==

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Marie Colvin
File:Marie Colvin image.jpg
Colvin on 23 March 2009
Born
Marie Catherine Colvin

(1956-01-12)January 12, 1956
Oyster Bay, New York, USA
DiedFebruary 22, 2012(2012-02-22) (aged 56)[1]
Homs, Syria
NationalityUnited States
EducationYale University
Occupation

Marie Catherine Colvin (January 12, 1956[dubious – discuss] – February 22, 2012)[2] was an American journalist who worked for the British newspaper The Sunday Times from 1985. She was killed while covering the Siege of Homs in Syria.

Early life

Marie Catherine Colvin was born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, on Long Island in New York State. She graduated from Oyster Bay High School in 1974 and attended Yale University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in anthropology in 1978.[3][4]

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.[5] 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. In 1986, she was the first to interview Muammar Gaddafi after Operation El Dorado Canyon.[6] 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.[7][8][9] She wrote and produced documentaries, including Arafat: Behind the Myth for the BBC.[10] She is featured in the 2005 documentary film Bearing Witness.

She began wearing an eyepatch after losing the sight in her left eye when coming under Sri Lankan government RPG shrapnel fire on April 16, 2001; she was attacked after calling out "journalist, journalist!" while reporting on the Sri Lankan Civil War.[11][12][13][14] Colvin was a witness and an intermediary during the final days of the war and reported on war crimes that were committed during this phase.[14]

In 2011, while reporting on the Libyan civil war, she was offered an opportunity to interview Muammar Gaddafi, along with two other journalists that she could nominate. The first international interview since the start of the war, she took along her friends Christiane Amanpour of ABC News[15] and Jeremy Bowen of BBC News.[16]

Personal life

Married three times, Colvin lived in Hammersmith, West London. She had no children.[17]

Death

In February 2012, Colvin illegally crossed into Syria on the back of a motocross motorcycle, due to the Syrian government's attempts to prevent foreign journalists from covering the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising. Colvin was stationed in the western Baba Amr district of the city of Homs, and made her last broadcast on the evening of February 21, appearing on the BBC, Channel4, CNN and ITN News via satellite phone.[17]

Colvin and award-winning French photographer Rémi Ochlik were killed on February 22 by a rocket, while fleeing a temporary media building that was being shelled by the Syrian Army.[12][18][19] Fellow journalist Jean-Pierre Perrin and other sources reported that the building had been deliberately targeted by the Syrian Army, identified using satellite phone signals.[20]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Nordland, Rod; Cowell, Alan (February 22, 2012). "Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria Shelling". New York Times.
  2. ^ Guardian obituary
  3. ^ "Journalist Killed in Syria Attended Yale". NBC Connecticut. February 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "Colvin '78 killed in Syria". Yale Daily News. February 22, 2012.
  5. ^ Ricchiardi, Sherry (April 2000). "Highway to the Danger Zone". American Journalism Review. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  6. ^ Miller, Judith (1997). God has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 232. ISBN 0684832283.
  7. ^ "Woman Journalist Gets Her Story: In Spite of Grenade Attack, Marie Colvin Files Her Report". Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Spillius, Alex (February 22, 2012). "Marie Colvin killed in Syria: life and times of distinguished war correspondent". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  10. ^ Fatima, Nazish (February 22, 2012). "Death of Marie Colvin, American journalist of war". Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  11. ^ Hodgson, Jessica (April 18, 2001). "Sunday Times journalist may lose sight". Guardian.
  12. ^ a b Wardrop, Murray (February 22, 2012). "Syria: Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in Homs'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  13. ^ Walt, Vivienne (February 22, 2012). "Syria: War Reporter Marie Colvin and Photographer Rémi Ochlik Are Killed". Time. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  14. ^ a b Colvin, Marie (May 25, 2009). "Slain Tamil chiefs were promised safety". The Australian. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  15. ^ Christiane Amanpour (1 March 2011). "Col Gaddafi 'brushed off the international pressure'". ABC News.
  16. ^ Jeremy Bowen (1 March 2011). "Col Gaddafi 'brushed off the international pressure'". BBC News.
  17. ^ a b "Veteran American war reporter Marie Colvin killed when Syrian army shells media center just hours after her last TV broadcast". Daily Mail. February 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  18. ^ "'Foreign journalists killed' in Homs shelling". Al Jazeera. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  19. ^ "Veteran war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria". Channel 4. February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  20. ^ "Marie Colvin: Britain summons Syria ambassador over killing". The Telegraph. 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.

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