What is Lyra McKee?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Lyra McKee | image = Lyra McKee (33207175144) (cropped).jpg | caption = McKee in 2017 | birth_name = Lyra Catherine McKee | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1990|03|31}} | birth_place = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|04|18|1990|03|31}} | death_place = [[Derry]], Northern Ireland | death_cause = [[Assassination]] (gunshot wounds) | alma_mater = [[Birmingham City University]] (M.A.) | occupation = Journalist | works = {{Plainlist| * ''Angels with Blue Faces'' (2019) }} | awards = [[Forbes 30 Under 30]] (2016) }} '''Lyra Catherine McKee''' (31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a [[Northern Irish]] [[journalist]]. She had worked for ''[[The Atlantic]]'' and ''[[BuzzFeed News]]''. She was also an [[editor]] for Mediagazer. She wrote two [[non-fiction]] books about [[the Troubles]], ''Angels with Blue Faces'' (2019) and ''The Lost Boys'' (2020). She was signed to [[publisher]] [[Faber and Faber]] at the time of her death.<ref name=Reuters>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nireland-violence/off-duty-journalist-shot-dead-during-northern-ireland-riot-idUSKCN1RV02A|title=Off-duty journalist shot dead during Northern Ireland riot|date=19 April 2019|publisher=Reuters|access-date=19 April 2019|author=Ferguson, Amanda}}</ref> She was born in [[Belfast]].<ref name=Independent>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/laura-mckee-derry-shooting-journalist-latest-tributes-northern-ireland-dissidents-a8877476.html|title=Lyra McKee: Woman shot dead was journalist 'of courage, style and integrity’, as tributes made to victim of Northern Ireland violence|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=19 April 2019|date=19 April 2019|author=Baynes, Chris}}</ref> She was [[openly gay]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47990464|title=Lyra McKee: Murde