David McKittrick (born 1949) is a Belfast-born journalist who has reported on Northern Ireland since 1971.
Attended Grosvenor High School, peers recollect David spending his breaks reading dictionaries.
He worked briefly for BBC Northern Ireland between 1985 and 1986, before joining The Independent.
Widely recognised for the scope of his knowledge and the balance of his reporting on Northern Ireland, he contributes regularly to overseas newspapers and journals.
[1] His book Lost Lives was made into a 2019 documentary by Michael Hewitt and Diarmuid Lavery.