His first book with co-author Justin Racz, 50 Relatives Worse Than Yours, was featured on CNN, FoxNews, NPR 'Worse Than Yours' Shows Bad Is a 'Relative' Term : NPR, as well as many local and satellite radio stations. His second book with Racz, 50 Days Worse Than Yours, Bloomsbury USA was featured on FoxNews, CNN, local and satellite radio stations, as well as such print outlets as Entertainment Weekly.

Brownstein wrote and directed the short film Trevor's in Heaven which was an official selection of the Austin Film Festival as well as the New Filmmaker's Festival in New York and Los Angeles. It can also be viewed online at YouTube.

He is also a featured blogger on The Huffington Post. Alec Brownstein - Politics on The Huffington Post