Elbaum, a Smith College graduate, was the first journalist killed in the Chechnyan War.
via Massachusetts Daily Collegian: https://dailycollegian.com/2019/02/amherst-college-professor-leads-grief-in-focus-lecture-on-the-legacy-of-photojournalist-cynthia-elbaum/
Elbaum was killed in 1994 by a Russian air raid