As threats against journalists and a free press compound both at home and abroad, a pair of Academy Award nominees dropped by the pod to share the story of their new project celebrating the life and death of the legendary war journalist, Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012 covering the brutal conflict there. Actor Rosamund Pike and director Matthew Heineman—whose new film, “A Private War,” opens in theaters tomorrow—sat down with Daniella and Ed to tell Colvin’s complicated but critical story, and to emphasize the importance of a free press in speaking truth to power and holding power to account.
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Daniella Gibbs Legér is the senior vice president for Communications and Strategy at the Center for American Progress. Ed Chung is the vice president for Criminal Justice Reform at the Center. Rachel Rosen is the senior director of Broadcast Communications at the Center. Kyle Epstein is the media relations manager at the Center.