About Lyra McKee
Lyra Catherine McKee (; 31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the consequences of the Troubles. She also served as an editor for Mediagazer, a news aggregator website. On 18 April 2019, McKee was fatally shot while observing rioting in the Creggan area of Derry. == Early life and education == Lyra Catherine McKee was born on 31 March 1990 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her interest in journalism began at the age of 14 when she wrote for the school newspaper at St Gemma's High School. The following year she joined Headliners, a charity that supports young people by helping them develop journalism skills, and through this was awarded the Young Journalist Award by Sky News in 2006. She studied online journalism at Birmingham City University under Paul Bradshaw, pursuing a Master of Arts degree but did not graduate. She was posthumously awarded an MA in online journalism in January 2020, with her sister, Nichola, accepting the degree on her behalf. == Career == In 2011, McKee joined the staff of the news aggregator Mediagazer, a sister site of the technology news aggregator Techmeme. In 2014, she came to wider public attention with the publication of her blog post titled "Letter to my 14-year-old self", in which she described the challenges of growing up gay in Belfast; it was later made into a short film.
Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.