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Molly Crabapple
Book Molly Crabapple, visual journalist and political illustrator, to demonstrate how art drives accountability and civic engagement. Molly works with organisations on political storytelling, social justice advocacy, and media narrative strategy, collaborating with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jay-Z, and institutions including MoMA and Harvard.
Molly Crabapple is an artist and journalist who uses illustration as a tool for political accountability, making visible the human cost of war, incarceration, and systemic injustice. Her illustrated memoir Drawing Blood was praised by The New York Times and The Economist. Brothers of the Gun, her collaboration with Syrian journalist Marwan Hisham, was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2018 by The New York Times. She was shortlisted for a Frontline Print Journalism Award for her reporting on Guantanamo Bay. Crabapple has reported from Syria, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, and the United Arab Emirates, translating complex political crises into visual narratives that reach audiences who might otherwise look away. Her collaborations with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jay-Z, and the Equal Justice Initiative demonstrate how art can reframe public conversation around criminal justice, climate policy, and racial inequality. Audiences leave Crabapple's talks with a clearer understanding of how visual storytelling shapes political discourse, practical insight into challenging dominant media narratives, and a framework for using creativity as a form of civic engagement. Her work at institutions including MoMA, the London School of Economics, and Harvard speaks to the breadth of her appeal. Book Molly Crabapple to show your audience how art and journalism combine to drive real political change.
Molly Crabapple's frontline reporting from conflict zones and collaboration with figures like AOC and Jay-Z gives teams a proven framework for translating complex policy into narratives that move public opinion. Her shortlisted Frontline Award and New York Times recognition signal credibility with both media and advocacy audiences. Ideal for organisations needing to cut through noise on justice, climate or systemic reform.
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Molly Crabapple structures her talks around visual narratives drawn from first-hand reporting in conflict zones and politically charged environments, using her own illustrations to translate events — such as conditions at Guantanamo Bay or the Syrian civil war — into a format accessible to audiences unfamiliar with those contexts. She pairs this with a framework for how art functions as a tool of political accountability, drawing on collaborations with organisations including the Equal Justice Initiative and figures such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Molly Crabapple speaks on political accountability through visual storytelling, the intersection of art and journalism, and reporting from global conflict zones including Syria, Lebanon, and Puerto Rico. Her illustrated collaboration with Syrian journalist Marwan Hisham, Brothers of the Gun, was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2018 by The New York Times, and she was shortlisted for a Frontline Print Journalism Award for her reporting on Guantanamo Bay.
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