‘In Extremis’

The World

Hard to miss with her signature eye patch, renowned war correspondent Marie Colvin wrote intensely personal dispatches from the frontlines of combat. In a new book, reporter Lindsey Hilsum argues that Colvin struggled to square her public persona as a brave war correspondent with the insecurity she felt inside. Hilsum talks with host Marco Werman.

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