This article is the last one written by journalist Marie Colvin, who died soon after in the midst of fighting inside Syria. The article illustrates the dire situation in the country and the ways in which thousands of civilians have been killed, injured, or displaced by the fighting. I saw a documentary last year about the newspaper business, and I thought one of the more compelling points was that alternative media sources (like blogs or twitter) would have a difficult time filling the void on things like conflict reporting if major newspapers continued to die off. Reading an article like this one is a compelling reminder of the importance of this type of journalism and the sacrifices that journalists make in producing it.
"Final dispatch from Holms, the battered city" by Marie Colvin
Published in the Sunday Times, February 19, 2012
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/news/article874796.ece
Eric
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