Lyra McKee

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lyra McKee
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1990(1990-03-31)
Age	34
Date Of Death	April 18, 2019, Londonderry, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Belfast
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Aries

Lyra McKee Biography

Lyra McKee is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on March 31, 1990 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Lyra Catherine McKee (/ˈ l ɪər ə m ə ˈ k iː / 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 during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry.

In 2011, McKee joined the staff of news aggregator Mediagazer, a sister site of technology news aggregator Techmeme. In 2014, she came to wider public attention with the publication of a blog post titled “Letter to my 14-year-old self” in which she described the challenges of growing up gay in Belfast; it was subsequently made into a short film. McKee’s work as a journalist included a number of pieces that appeared in both domestic and international media. Among these were articles she wrote for Mosaic (republished by The Atlantic), The Belfast Telegraph, Private Eye and BuzzFeed News. In 2016 Forbes magazine named her as one of its “30 under 30 in media” because of her work as an investigative reporter.

Lyra McKee Net Worth

Lyra McKee is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lyra McKee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

McKee was born on 31 March 1990 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her interest in journalism began at fourteen years old when she wrote for the school newspaper at St Gemma’s High School. By the following year she joined Children’s Express (shortly to be renamed Headliners), a charity that supports young people through helping them develop journalism skills, and through that was awarded the Young Journalist Award by Sky News in 2006. She studied online journalism at Birmingham City University under Paul Bradshaw, pursuing an Master of Arts degree, but did not graduate. She was posthumously awarded an MA in online journalism in January, 2020; her sister, Nichola Corner, accepted the degree on her behalf.

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McKee wrote on the consequences of The Troubles. She notably wrote “Suicide of the Ceasefire Babies”, an article on teenage suicides linked to the conflict. At the time of her death, McKee was researching unsolved killings during The Troubles in Northern Ireland of the late 20th century. In March 2019 Irish Times writer Martin Doyle featured McKee in his article “Best of Irish: 10 rising stars of Irish writing”.

Facts & Trivia

Makis Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lyra McKee celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.

Publication of her first book, a non-fiction work titled Angels with Blue Faces, was imminent at the time of her death. It deals with the Provisional IRA killing of Belfast MP Robert Bradford. McKee sought crowdfunding to finance its publication, and it was scheduled for publication by Excalibur Press. She subsequently signed a two-book deal with Faber and Faber. At the time of her death, her second book, The Lost Boys, was scheduled for release by Faber in 2020, but remained unfinished. It concerns the disappearances of Thomas Spence and John Rodgers from Belfast’s Falls Road in November 1974. Faber and Faber had compared the work to that of Anna Funder’s Stasiland and Andy O’Hagan’s The Missing.

Why did Lyra McKee get shot?

Ms McKee was fatally shot as she observed rioting in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The attack was claimed by extremist group the New IRA, which said the journalist was caught in the line of fire.

Where did Lyra McKee get shot?

Londonderry, United Kingdom

When was Lyra McKee shot?

Ms McKee, 29, was shot dead by dissident republicans on 18 April 2019 in Derry as she observed rioting in the Creggan area of the city. She was standing near a police vehicle when she was hit by a bullet fired by a masked gunman toward officers.

Who killed lara McKee?

Gearoid Cavanagh, 33, and Jordan Devine, 21 , were charged with murder, possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession of petrol bombs, throwing petrol bombs, arson and riot. McKee, 29, was observing anti-police rioting in the city, also known as Derry, when she was hit by gunfire in April 2019.

Was Laura McKee a real person?

Lyra Catherine McKee (/ˈlɪərə məˈkiː/ 31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the consequences of the Troubles.