War reporting is still dominated by men. Marie stood out as a woman who could do it just as well, if not better, than the guys.
— Sarah Topol pays tribute to Marie Colvin, the trenchant and talented Sunday Times correspondent killed in Syria this morning after a shell hit the house she was in. Read Marie’s final report, a searing dispatch from the besieged enclave of Baba Amr in Homs, and this passionate address she delivered at a service in 2010 to commemorate journalists who had lost their lives during conflicts. I had the pleasure of getting to know Marie last year over late night dinner conversations in Egypt while the revolution was underway. She was brilliant, funny and incredibly generous with her insights, guidance and sources, even to a youngin like me. We really did lose a great one.
