Lucy Gellman is the editor of the Arts Paper and co-founder of the Youth Arts Journalism Initiative at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven. As a reporter and editor, she covers arts, culture, and community with an eye toward social justice. Prior to her time at the Arts Paper, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the New Haven Independent and a station manager at WNHH Community Radio. She holds degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and the Courtauld Institute of Art, both in art history, and is a former Fulbright fellow and a 2020 Connecticut Arts Hero. Her work has been recognized by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists, Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade, Puerto Ricans United, Inc. and the Jamaican-American Connection.