Lucy Nalpathanchil
Vice President, Community EngagementLucy leads Connecticut Public's strategies to deeply connect and build collaborations with community-focused organizations across the state.
Before becoming a member of the company's senior leadership team, Lucy was the Executive Producer and Host of Connecticut Public's morning talk show and podcast, Where We Live, for nearly seven years. Under her leadership, WWL went beyond news headlines and interviews with policymakers to feature more conversations about Connecticut and the stories of its residents.
In 2021, Lucy and the Where We Live team received a first-place award among large stations from Public Media Journalists Association or PMJA for this interview with a Norwich woman. In 2020, Lucy received a national Gracies Award from the Alliance for Women in Media in 2020 for her conversation with a Connecticut mother and her trans-son.
Where We Live received two national awards in 2018 from Public Media Journalists Association, formerly known as Public Radio News Directors, Inc., or PRNDI. Lucy and the Where We Live team was awarded second place in the categories of "Call In Program" and "Interview."
Lucy has been a public radio journalist for more than 20 years covering everything from education to immigration, juvenile justice, and child welfare issues to veterans' affairs and the military. Her reporting has taken her to all sorts of places, including a ride aboard a Coast Guard boat in Florida and to Tambacounda, Senegal, to talk with women journalists and farmers.
She moved to Connecticut in 2006 to become WNPR's Assignment Editor.
She's also been local host for mid-day programming and for All Things Considered.
She’s contributed to National Public Radio and her stories have aired on several national NPR shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Weekend All Things Considered, Here and Now, and Latino USA.
During her time in Connecticut, Lucy has focused on immigration, including New Haven's ID card program, efforts for an in-state tuition law for undocumented students, and the Becoming American series: stories of immigrants and the citizenship process. In 2011, Lucy launched the Coming Home Project to tell the stories of returning Afghanistan and Iraq War veterans in transition. To learn more about the military, Lucy was chosen to take part in a week-long training for journalists hosted by the U.S Army at Fort Leavenworth, KS and Fort Leonard Woods, MO. Getting up at 3:30 am to participate in boot camp was most memorable!
She also was selected to join military reporters around the country for a conference hosted by the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative in Washington D.C.
Lucy has worked in several states as a public radio reporter after beginning her career at WDUQ (now WESA) in Pittsburgh. She's received awards from Pennsylvania's Golden Quill, the New York State Associated Press, the Mayor's Asian American Advisory Board in Jacksonville, Florida, the Connecticut Associated Press and the state's Society for Professional Journalists chapter.
Lucy enjoys traveling, hiking, and planning her next garden. She and her husband, Jason, live in Suffield with their two children and a small zoo.
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Pawcatuck artist Elizabeth Ellenwood worked alongside scientists in Norway while creating her series, "The Interweaving of the Synthetic and Natural World." She joins us, but first, UHart Professor Bilal Sekou discusses the 5th Congressional District debate. -
This hour on Where We Live, we explore online harassment and learn how an online forum called Kiwi Farms served as a platform for trolls to torment and dox transwomen. We also discuss how the Alex Jones verdict could influence how people behave online. -
This hour on Where We Live, we take a look at the fentanyl crisis. Data from the state Department of Public health show that 86% of the 1,524 overdose deaths in 2021 were caused by fentanyl. -
Republican challenger George Logan is looking to unseat Democratic incumbent Jahana Hayes in the 5th District. -
This hour, Republican nominee for Connecticut's 5th Congressional District, George Logan, talks with host Lucy Nalpathanchil and takes listener questions. Republican-American reporter Paul Hughes also joins us for analysis. -
Bill Keller, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project, joins us to discuss his new book What’s Prison For? Punishment and Rehabilitation in the Age of Mass Incarceration. -
Award-winning garden writer Charlie Nardozzi answers your fall gardening questions. But first, Stamford Advocate reporter Brianna Gurciullo joins us with analysis of the 4th Congressional District debate, the latest in Connecticut Public's series. -
This hour on Where We Live, we get an update on what’s happening in Ukraine and Russia. We also hear from a Ukrainian refugee who has come to Connecticut. -
This hour on Where We Live, we first recap the congressional district debate between Democratic incumbent John Larson and Republican candidate Dr. Larry Lazor. Plus, we learn about medicinal gardens and the use of medicinal plants in pharmaceuticals to this day. -
How can young people better spot "fake science"? Connecticut College professor and author Marc Zimmer's new book offers younger readers guidance. This hour, hear from Zimmer, along with the Connecticut Science Teachers Association.
