Tag: Marie Colvin

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    A Private War | Aviron Pictures Search for screenings / showtimes and book tickets for A Private War. See the release date and trailer. The Official Showtimes Destination brought to you by Aviron Pictures via A Private War: Get Tickets | Aviron Pictures: http://www.aprivatewarfilm.com/ In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Academy…

  • Syria Liable in Killing of Journalist Marie Colvin, Court Rules – The New York Times

    Syria Liable in Killing of Journalist Marie Colvin, Court Rules – The New York Times

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    Syria Ordered to Pay $302.5 Million to Family of Marie Colvin A federal court in Washington ordered Syria to pay Marie Colvin’s family $302.5 million. The ruling could help ease the way for war-crimes prosecutions. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/world/middleeast/syria-marie-colvin-court-judgment.html Issued by the United States District Court in Washington, the decision awarded $302.5 million to relatives of the…

  • What made Marie Colvin one of the world’s greatest war reporters?

    What made Marie Colvin one of the world’s greatest war reporters?

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    What made Marie Colvin one of the world’s greatest war reporters? At the opening of A Private War a camera pulls out of a devastated landscape; the air is thick with dust and smoke, rubble covers the streets, buildings collapse – their windows are giant gaping holes. Over the war-torn scene of Homs in Syria, we…

  • ‘Under the Wire’ Review: Portrait of a War Reporter – The New York Times

    ‘Under the Wire’ Review: Portrait of a War Reporter – The New York Times

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    ‘Under the Wire’ Review: Portrait of a War Reporter The emotional testimony of the war photographer Paul Conroy dominates this heated and harrowing account of Marie Colvin’s last weeks. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/movies/under-the-wire-review-marie-colvin.html Piggybacking on the recent release of the based-on-real-life drama “A Private War,” “Under the Wire” — sewn together from on-the-spot footage and interviews with…

  • Review: In ‘Under the Wire,’ war photographer Paul Conroy bears witness to a terrible loss – Los Angeles Times

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    Review: In ‘Under the Wire,’ war photographer Paul Conroy bears witness to a terrible loss The recent biopic “A Private War” explores the interiority of war correspondent Marie Colvin’s life. via Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-under-the-wire-review-20181115-story.html The recent biopic “A Private War” explores the interiority of war correspondent Marie Colvin’s life. But the documentary “Under the…

  • How the Assad Regime Tracked and Killed Marie Colvin for Reporting on War Crimes in Syria

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    How the Assad Regime Tracked and Killed Marie Colvin for Reporting on War Crimes in Syria Syrian regime documents and testimony from defectors reveal that Marie Colvin and others were hunted as part of a policy to eliminate journalists. via The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2018/04/09/marie-colvin-syria-assad/ How the Assad Regime Tracked and Killed Marie Colvin for Reporting on…

  • ‘There was nothing random about that attack’: Photographer recounts the day war journalist Marie Colvin was killed – The Washington Post

    ‘There was nothing random about that attack’: Photographer recounts the day war journalist Marie Colvin was killed – The Washington Post

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    ‘Nothing random about that attack’: Recounting the day war journalist Marie Colvin was killed British war photographer Paul Conroy, who was was injured during the attack in Baba Amr, describes his experience working with Marie Colvin. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/07/09/there-was-nothing-random-about-that-attack-photographer-recounts-the-day-war-journalist-marie-colvin-was-killed/ A civil lawsuit filed Saturday on behalf of Colvin’s family members alleges that Syrian forces…

  • “A Day Without News?”: Raising Awareness of the Perils of Reporting

    “A Day Without News?”: Raising Awareness of the Perils of Reporting

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/02/22/a-day-without-news-raising-awareness-of-the-perils-of-reporting/#1 The journalistic community is marking the anniversary of Colvin and Ochlik’s deaths with “A Day Without News?” — a campaign to raise awareness of the hostile and dangerous conditions that many reporters and photographers work under around the world, posing the…

  • Did Syria’s army use sat-phone surveillance to hunt down and kill journalists?

    Did Syria’s army use sat-phone surveillance to hunt down and kill journalists?

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    Did Syria’s army use sat-phone surveillance to hunt down and kill journalists? Jillian York and Trevor Timm, writing for the EFF, explore the possibility that the Syrian government used satellite phone surveillance to pinpoint the locations of journalist Marie Colvin of the S… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/23/did-syrias-army-use-sat-phon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 The Telegraph quoted Jean-Pierre Perrin, a journalist for…

  • Were Journalists in Homs Targeted for Bombing?

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    Were Journalists in Homs Targeted for Bombing? | PDNPulse Radio communications between Syrian army officers have shown that the army was ordered to bomb the make-shift press center in the besieged city of Homs where photographer Remi Ochlik and reporter Marie Colvin were working, The Telegraph newspaper reports. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/02/were-journalists-in-homs-targeted-for-bombing.html Radio communications between Syrian…

  • Recalling a Last Dinner With a Journalist Killed in Syria

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    Link: At War “I cannot remember any story where the security situation was potentially this bad, except maybe Chechnya,” Marie Colvin told me over a dinner of traditional Lebanese fare on her last night in Beirut a week before she was killed in Homs.

  • Photographer Remi Ochlik Killed in Homs, Syria

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    Photographer Remi Ochlik Killed in Homs, Syria | PDNPulse Freelance photographer Remi Ochlik was killed today in the besieged city of Homs, Syria, according to several news organizations. Reporter Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times of London was killed in the same attack. An aid worker told Reuters the journalists via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/02/photographer-remi-ochlik-killed-in-homs-syria.html Reporter Marie…