Pada Mei 1988, Colvin [[After Dark (TV series)#"Israel: 40 Years On"|tampil]] dalam program diskusi ''[[After Dark (seri TV)|After Dark]]'' di [[Channel 4]] bersama [[Anton Shammas]], [[Gerald Kaufman]], [[Moshe Amirav]], [[Nadia Hijab]], dan lain-lain.
Selain Timur Tengah, Colvin juga meliput konflik di [[Chechnya]], [[Kosovo]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Sri Lanka]], dan [[Timor LestLeste]]. Pada tahun 1999, ia menyelamatkan 1.500 perempuan dan anak-anak Timor Leste dari sebuah bangunan yang dikepung oleh serdadu bekingan Indonesia. Ia tidak mau meninggalkan mereka dan bertahan bersama pasukan PBB. Liputannya diterbitkan di surat kabar dan dan disiarkan di televisi.<ref name="Guardianobit"/> Mereka dievakuasi empat hari kemudian. Ia dianugerahi penghargaan [[International Women's Media Foundation]] atas keberaniannya dalam meliput konflik Kosovo dan Chechnya.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woman Journalist Gets Her Story: In Spite of Grenade Attack, Marie Colvin Files Her Report |url=http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2001/04/27/news/colvin.html |newspaper=[[Anton Media Group|Anton News]] |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |first=Dagmar Fors |last=Karppi |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225055903/http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2001/04/27/news/colvin.html |archivedate=February 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin 'killed in heavy shelling in Syria' just hours after broadcast on ITN News At Ten |first=Charles |last=Walford |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104711/Marie-Colvin-dead-Journalist-killed-Homs-Syria-hours-ITN-News-At-Ten-broadcast.html |newspaper=[[Mail Online]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |location=London, UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marie Colvin killed in Syria: life and times of distinguished war correspondent |first=Alex |last=Spillius |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9098180/Marie-Colvin-killed-in-Syria-life-and-times-of-distinguished-war-correspondent.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 22, 2012 |accessdate=February 22, 2012 |location=London, UK}}</ref> Ia menulis dan memproduseri beberapa film dokumenter, termasuk ''Arafat: Behind the Myth'' di BBC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Death of Marie Colvin, American journalist of war |first=Nazish |last=Fatima |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11570335-death-of-marie-colvin-american-journalist-of-war |date=February 22, 2012 |website=AllVoices.com |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}</ref> She is featured in the 2005 documentary film ''[[Bearing Witness]]''.
Colvin kehilangan penglihatan di mata kirinya akibat terkena ledakan [[granat berpeluncur roket]] (RPG) [[Angkatan Darat Sri Lanka]] pada 16 April 2001. Waktu itu ia sedang menyeberang dari daerah yang diduduki [[Macan Pembebasan Tamil Eelam|Macan Tamil]] ke daerah yang dikuasai pemerintah. Sejak saat itu, ia memakai [[penutup mata]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/peter-popham-prabhakaran-talked-of-peace-but-the-man-i-met-was-doomed-to-die-in-action-1687198.html|title=Peter Popham: Prabhakaran talked of peace. But the man I met was|author=|date=|website=independent.co.uk|accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/paul-conroy-marie-colvin-syria-homs-war-photographer-ptsd-free-syrian-army-a8520576.html|title=War photographer Paul Conroy on working with Marie Colvin, the formidable journalist killed in Syria|author=|date=|website=independent.co.uk|accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref>
