currently, i’m freelancing and based in yerevan, where i co-founded, host, and produce jazve talks, an armenian-english language feminist video-podcast series that seeks to expose shame-based narratives through honest conversations with artists, writers, and creatives in armenia and across the diaspora. watch on youtube | listen on spotify & apple podcasts | follow on instagram & tiktok.

previously, i was reporting and contributing to investigations on the rights of women and lgbtq+ people in europe/eurasia for opendemocracy, an independent, international news publication based in the UK.

in 2022, i earned my joint master’s degree in journalism and international human rights and humanitarian action from sciences po paris; my regional focus was on russia and the former soviet union.

back in boston—where i’m originally from, (or, rather, a 15-minute drive away)—i worked as an audio producer for the world, a nationally-syndicated foreign affairs radio program co-produced by prx, gbh, and formerly the bbc world service. i’m also a graduate of the university of massachusetts amherst and its college radio station, wmua.

beyond this, i’m a first-generation american fluent in russian, french, and, now, learning my ancestral tongue (armenian) from scratch as i retrace my family history. in my spare time, i feed stray cats and write poems in journals i forget to open again.

for story tips, tape syncs, and/or collaborations, please get in touch: lucymartiros [at] gmail [dot] com