Lucy Martirosyan

Producer

Lucy Martirosyan is a producer at The World focusing on the post-Soviet space, French-speaking countries, and immigration. 

Lucy Martirosyan is a producer at The World focusing on the post-Soviet space, French-speaking countries, and immigration. 

Lucy graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in Journalism and French and Francophone studies.

She frequently conducts and interprets interviews in French and Russian. She loves to listen to music in those languages, too.

Lucy used to host a Franco-Russo pop radio show on WMUA 91.1 called Chère Sputnik

Onlookers attend the opening of the exhibition on Greek art with the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos, in front, in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 5, 2014.

Battle of the bums: Museums compete over best artistic behinds

Since April, the Yorkshire Museum has hosted 18 different #CuratorBattles under themes such as #CreepiestObject and #BestEgg. One of its latest is #BestMuseumBum.

Battle of the bums: Museums compete over best artistic behinds
A nurse talks with police.

Mass arrests in Zimbabwe over coronavirus regulation violations

Mass arrests in Zimbabwe over coronavirus regulation violations
A restaurant posts a closed sign in Melbourne

Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne's latest lockdown

Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne's latest lockdown
Russian state-owned television station RT logo is seen through a window with caution tape in front of a building

Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert

Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert
Two students walk through a college campus

Visa restrictions on Chinese students will disadvantage US, says Queens College president

Visa restrictions on Chinese students will disadvantage US, says Queens College president
An aerial view shows the deserted Eiffel tower in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 1, 2020.

Despite 'green wave,' France still behind on anti-racist, anti-colonial progress, researcher says

Though France is seeing a surge in environmentalist activism, particularly in Sunday's municipal elections, anti-racism and anti-colonial movements should not be separated from the work, says Malcom Ferdinand, a researcher at the French National Scientific Research Center in Paris. 

Despite 'green wave,' France still behind on anti-racist, anti-colonial progress, researcher says
A close up of a man in uniform as tanks drive in Red Square in Moscow

How Russia laid the groundwork for future disinformation campaigns

Nina Jankowicz describes how relocating the Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn, Estonia, made the country vulnerable to a cyberattack over a decade ago that laid some of the groundwork for Russia's future disinformation campaigns.

How Russia laid the groundwork for future disinformation campaigns
A black woman wearing a black shirt with white lettering poses near a mural

In France, the killing of George Floyd invokes the memory of Adama Traoré

George Floyd’s killing sparked protests across the world. In France, it reignited calls for justice for Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old French Malian man who died in police custody almost four years ago.

In France, the killing of George Floyd invokes the memory of Adama Traoré
People wearing protective face masks hold up signs during a protest

Concerns of structural racism ‘deeply existential,’ UN special rapporteur says

Tendayi Achiume, United Nations special rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance speaks with The World's Marco Werman about the impact of George Floyd's death and protests against systemic racism around the world. 

Concerns of structural racism ‘deeply existential,’ UN special rapporteur says
Masks and gloves found in the Mediterranean Sea by members of Opération Mer Propre, or Operation Clean Sea, in mid-May, just after France lifted some of its coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

French nonprofit warns 'COVID waste' could harm the environment

Opération Mer Propre, or Operation Clean Sea, is a nonprofit group that cleans the waters of France’s Mediterranean coast. In addition to the usual waste they find, they’re now picking up masks and gloves.

French nonprofit warns 'COVID waste' could harm the environment
A stuffed animal Totoro and other characters from the 1988 Japanese anime film "My Neighbor Totoro."

Japan’s Studio Ghibli teaches fans how to draw its beloved character Totoro

Founded in 1985, Studio Ghibli became the heavyweight champion of anime in Japan and the rest of the world. One of its anime producers has uploaded a video tutorial explaining how to draw Totoro from the popular 1988 film "My Neighbor Totoro."

Japan’s Studio Ghibli teaches fans how to draw its beloved character Totoro
Dr. Maud Braun-Reys, left, a dental surgeon in Obernai, France, posted an image on Facebook of herself naked in her office along with her father, Dr. Daniel Reys, also a dentist, to protest the lack of PPE.

French dentists strip naked to protest lack of protective gear

Dozens of French dentists have taken pictures of themselves naked in their offices and posting the photos online with the hashtag #dentisteapoil — or, dentists in the buff. The dentists aim to show how vulnerable they feel seeing patients without enough protective gear as lockdowns lift.

French dentists strip naked to protest lack of protective gear
A woman in a mask and gloves holds a sign reading "immigrants are essential NWDC is not"

Xenophobia ‘takes its toll’ as Trump works to curb immigration

Professor Erika Lee speaks with The World's Marco Werman about how the US has responded with changes to immigration policy and increased xenophobia during times of war, economic hardship and disease throughout history.

Xenophobia ‘takes its toll’ as Trump works to curb immigration
A health care worker who volunteered in the Ebola response, decontaminates his colleague after he entered the house of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola, in the eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 2019.

Trump's WHO funding cut harms 'fragile' health systems, organization's Africa head says

Dr. Michel Yao is WHO's program manager for emergency response for Africa. He spoke to The World's host Marco Werman about what it's like to deal with a pandemic and an epidemic at a time when WHO is overstretched.

Trump's WHO funding cut harms 'fragile' health systems, organization's Africa head says
A picture of a robot in a hospital room and a patient laying on the bed sick.

Tommy the robot nurse helps Italian doctors care for COVID-19 patients

Robots like Tommy can measure blood pressure and oxygen saturation for the patients in the ICU. They also limit the number of direct contact doctors and nurses have with patients, thus reducing the risk of infection.

Tommy the robot nurse helps Italian doctors care for COVID-19 patients