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A journalist has been killed covering riots in Derry. Her name was Lyra McKee. She was 29. She recently signed a two-book deal with Faber, who called her a "rising star of investigative journalism". This is her last tweet, sent from the scene of the unrest. 
Lyra's "Letter to my 14 year old self", about growing up gay in Belfast, went viral in 2014 and was made into this short film
This is Lyra's reporting on suicide in Northern Ireland for @TheAtlantic and @mosaicscience mosaicscience.com/story/conflict… theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Here is Lyra McKee's Ted talk in which she argued changes in religious teaching on LGBT issues would save lives
This senseless loss is physically sickening and it's an extra punch to the gut that today is Good Friday.
To better times ahead
