Career
McKittrick began his career as a reporter for the East Antrim Times. He joined the Irish Times in 1973 as a reporter in Belfast, becoming Northern editor in 1976 and London editor in 1981. He worked briefly for British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland between 1985 and 1986, before joining The Independent.
He has since worked as the paper"s Irish correspondent.
Widely recognised by those with a similar point-of-view for the scope of his knowledge and the balance of his reporting on Northern Ireland, he contributes regularly to overseas newspapers and journals.
