Rob Corsini, Freelance Journalist
I’m Rob Corsini, a freelance features writer based in London. I specialise in longform, multi-source, interview-led features about culture, the arts, technology, and change. Outside of writing, I am a skilled content creator, podcast researcher and digital storyteller.
My work has appeared in publications including:
Selected Writing
Below is a selection of my writing and reporting. A full list of bylines can be found further down the page.
Profiles
I’ve profiled actors, directors, musicians, and artists for various publications: interviewing people like Matt Smith, who told me how he was chased down by dogs while he was sporting a mohikan for Caught Stealing; or Tim Roth, who talked growing up in Brixton and his days in Students Aganst Nazis; and Michelladonna, who gave me the inside secrets on how to be cat whisperer.
A selection of profiles:
- Hunger (Cover) Matt Smith is Punk
- Hunger (Cover) Jack O’Connell Keeps his Cards Close to his Chest
- Layered (Cover) Hannah Jones is a Ray of Light
- Polyester Michelladonna on New York City, Immigrant Communities, and Shop Cats
- Metal Mona Fastvold is in Pursuit of the Impossible
Arts
I’ve produced arts coverage that has spanned cinema, novels, painting, photography, ikebana, tattooing, and more. My arts articles are heavily reserached - engaging with the cultural context of the work’s production, whilst also acknowledging the inherent newness that comes in the creation of art. I’ve penned retrospective, career-long pieces as well as specific, exhibition-focused articles.
A selection of arts stories:
- Polyester Frida Wannaberger’s ‘The Dinosaur Tree’ Explores Girlhood, Power, and Post-Feminism
- Schön! Hal Fisher’s Photography Defined the 1970s Gay Identity
- Dazed Sex, Clubs, Dissent Celebrates and Complicates the Act of Photographing Queer Nightlife
- Rakesprogress The Art of Drawing Flowers
- The Quietus Jungle Just Crushes: Two Fingas on his Novels Chronicling London’s 1990s Ravers
Culture
I’ve written stories that explored the record label fighting to preserve Palestinian music; a transmasc wrestling troupe based out of Los Angeles; and buzkashi, a horse-back sport that’s played in Central Asia. My culture articles are intervew-led and place the voices of the subjects at the forefront of the story. My approach to interviewing is trauma-informed, and I’ve had experience interviewing and working with vulnerable communities.
A selection of culture stories:
- Huck The Brutal, Unifying Sporting Spectacle of Buzkashi
- Dazed Inside the Camp, Chaotic World of T-Boy Wrestling
- The Quietus Reconfigured Memory: An Interview with Mo’min Swaitat of the Palestinian Sound Archive
Research and Production
I’ve researched episodes about topics as wide ranging as the maintstreaming of looksmaxxing, the link between GLP1s and addicition, the rise of Mar-A-Lago face, and how Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot created a ‘mass undressing event’. I’ve produced shows that have covered everything from the precariousness of Britian’s food security and the global wildfire firewave, to jellyfish shutting down nuclear power plants.
A selection of research and production work:
Social Media Management
I’ve run the socials for podcasts that cover everything from the North American Trade Deal Agreement and the perils of geoengineering, to the rise of the Jewish Bund and the insurgent socialist candidates taking on the Democratic machine in America. I’ve increased Patreon revenues, doubled follower counts, and deepened engagment across platforms including Instagram, YouTube, Substack, TikTok, X, Twitter, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and more.
A selection of social work:
- The Dig: a podcast on politics, history, and economics for which I currently manage the socials
- The BREAK-DOWN: a podcast on the climate crisis, capitalism, and nature for which I currently manage the socials