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Jessica Gelt.

Jessica Gelt

Arts Editor

Jessica Gelt is the arts editor for the Los Angeles Times. She also works as an investigative reporter and writes the paper’s Essential Arts newsletter. In her career at the paper she has served as assistant style editor for the Sunday magazine, co-edited the Daily Dish food blog, written a nightlife column called “The Enabler” and regularly covered red carpets and backstage events at the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Golden Globes. She has penned cultural commentary and reams of celebrity profiles, as well as investigated claims of misconduct in music and the arts. Over the years, she has written in-depth features about theater, television, film, music, movies, books, art, fashion, food, travel and more. Her award-winning work has appeared in the New York Observer, the L.A. Weekly and Vulture, among others.

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