19 Facts About Amber Lyon

Amber Elizabeth Lyon was born on November 9,1982 and is an American investigative journalist and photographer.

Amber Lyon is known for her work reporting human rights abuses against pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain and police brutality against protesters in the United States.

Amber Lyon was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in St Louis, Missouri.

Amber Lyon attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism, earning a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism.

In October 2006, Amber Lyon won a regional Emmy Award, from the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for a late-breaking feature news item called "Fantasy".

Amber Lyon shared the Emmy with KVOA chief photographer Paul Hanke.

One month later, Amber Lyon left KVOA to take Spanish-language immersion classes in Costa Rica and Guatemala.

In October 2008, Amber Lyon again won the Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for best on-camera talent.

In July 2010, Amber Lyon was the first journalist to scuba dive under the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, while broadcasting live on television.

Amber Lyon's report, presented on CNN, revealed how BP's use of dispersants was sinking the oil into the water column, turning it into what she called "hidden oil", that could not be cleaned up or skimmed out of the water.

Amber Lyon won a Gracie Award for women in media for the story.

Amber Lyon investigated and reported on Bahrain's systematic use of tear gas as a crowd-control device.

Amber Lyon reported that while the tear gas was approved by the United Nations as a peace-keeping measure, the use resulted in the suffocation of protesters.

In interviews following the reports, Amber Lyon stated that she fears that the daily and nightly tear gassing will have long-term health effects on Bahrain's people.

Amber Lyon worked with journalist Glenn Greenwald to investigate and present their findings and summation that the government of Bahrain, as well as other governments throughout the world, are paying CNN for special content casting their countries in a positive light.

Amber Lyon reported on the aftermath of the July 21,2012, shooting of Manuel Diaz in Anaheim, California, by local police officers responding to a neighborhood watch call.

Amber Lyon reported that she had to hide between two trucks for several minutes to avoid being hit.

On September 5,2012, with the help of journalist Glenn Greenwald, Amber Lyon accused the channel CNN International of not airing her documentary on the Bahrain uprising because of unlawful business practices.

In early 2014, Amber Lyon launched an advocacy site called reset.