Julian Rubinstein & Narrative Investigative Journalism at Newsmotion

NEW YORK — When Newsmotion launched as a collaborative platform uniting professional investigative reporters, documentary photographers, and grassroots citizen journalists, longform narrative writer Julian Rubinstein—author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction books Ballad of the Whiskey Robber and The Holly—helped shape the publication’s literary and investigative standards.

Bridging Literary Nonfiction and Grassroots Reporting

A former contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone, and Professor of the Practice of Documentary Journalism, Rubinstein championed a model of civic media where local witnesses and community insiders work alongside seasoned investigative editors to uncover systemic stories overlooked by conventional parachute journalism.