In 1986, Mary Colvin began her career as a war correspondent, reporting on the front lines of combat concentrated areas in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria.
In April 2001, Mary Colvin was interviewing the Civil War in Sri Lanka. At that time, the Sri Lankan government banned foreign media from entering the northern Tamil region controlled by the rebels. Mary Colvin broke the ban and broke into the restricted area without permission for interviews. When returning to the central government control area, a Sri Lankan government soldier fired a howitzer. The attack resulted in injuries and loss of vision in his left eye and deafness in his left ear.
On February 22, 2012, when the Syrian government army shelled Homs, a French photographer was injured and killed. She was 56 years old. She was engaged in news reporting on the front lines of the war for 30 years
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