Marie Colvin
Marie Colvin, a famous American female journalist. Before herdeath, she worked as war correspondent for Times. OnFebruary 22, 2012, she was killed by bomb when Syria governmentforces bombarded Holmes. She was born for reporting news, fightingfor humanity until becoming immortal in the warfare. “If you cannotstop the war, then tell the truth about the wars to the world”, andthis is the lasting motto for war correspondent.
Born in beautiful American Long Island in 1956, she was a topstudent of Yale University majored in literature. During her senioryear, she participated in a seminar, which was about the report ofthe Hiroshima bombing made the famous journalist John Hersey. Thismasterpiece of American 20th century press deeplyshocked Marie Colvin. Since 1986, Colvin had been living in theflames of war. In 2001, Colvin went to Sri Lanka to report warfarenews and unfortunately she was attacked by the government force. Atlast she survived but she lost her left eye forever. Colvin put ona black eyeshade and rushed to another battlefield. Death justthreatened her aggressively, but she got faith to fight against it.She insisted that the public had the right to know what the armydid in name of them and it is true that many people were waitingfor your reports and they cared the misfortune and wanted to stopit when you went through fire and water.
By virtue of the reports in Chechnya and Kosovo, she won the“Courage Award” issued by IWMF. She also won the English “BestJournalist Stationed Abroad” due to her reports in Yugoslav. Colvinsaid, “I always concentrate on the humanity in the war and it doesnot seem remote and unfamiliar to those people living the peacefulworld.”
玛丽·科尔文
玛丽·科尔文(MarieColvin),著名美国籍女记者,生前任英国《星期日泰晤士报》资深战地新闻记者。2012年2月22日,在叙利亚政府军炮击霍姆斯市时被炸身亡。她为报道而生、为人性而战,直至在战火中得到永生。“如果你没法阻止战争,那你就把战争的真相告诉世界”,这是战地记者永远的格言。
1956年出生在美国纽约长岛,她曾经是耶鲁大学英语文学专业的高材生,大四那年,她参加了一场研讨会,讨论的是著名记者约翰·赫西关于日本广岛原子弹爆炸后情况的报道,这部美国20世纪新闻业的巅峰之作,深深地震撼了科尔文。玛丽·科尔文从1986年开始从事战地记者的工作,她一直生活在战争烽火中。2001年,科尔文前往斯里兰卡报道战事,她遭到了政府军的攻击。最终,科尔文在美国大使馆的保护下捡回一条命,但左眼永久失明。科尔文系上一条黑色眼罩,奔赴下一个战场。死亡就这么嚣张地逼近她,她能借以抗衡的,只有信念。“民众有权知道政府、军队以他们的名义在做什么”“要相信,当你在国外的战场上出生入死时,很多人正等着看你的报道。要相信他们在关心战争中的不幸,并在试图阻止它”。
凭借她在车臣和科索沃的报道赢得了国际妇女传媒基金会的“勇气奖”,此前,她还曾凭借在前南斯拉夫的报道获得了英国“最佳驻外记者奖”。科尔文说:“我注重的是战争中的人性。它让处于和平环境的人们也不觉得遥远和陌生”。