About NSFP

The New School Free Press is a student-run news organization serving the university-wide community at The New School. The Free Press was founded by a group of passionate Eugene Lang students in 2007. It evolved from a desire to create a serious news publication covering the university and surrounding neighborhoods from a previous iteration called Inprint.

As a newsroom, we value transparency. We adhere to a Code of Ethics that guides our reporting and interpersonal relationships that is updated as needed. We believe our readers should have access to the standards we hold our newsroom to and should be able to provide feedback.

Pitch to us!

The New School Free Press welcomes and encourages students, staff, and faculty to submit their work for publication including, but not limited to, written articles, photographs, videos, and podcasts. We actively seek outside contributions, suggestions, and tips to keep our coverage relevant, interesting, and diverse.

Below are the guidelines for pitching a story to each desk at the New School Free Press. Please ensure that you follow the appropriate guidelines for the desk that you are pitching to. Please note that freelancers will be required to sign a contract with the Free Press agreeing to our Code of Ethics and Community Agreements prior to moving forward on an approved pitch.

Is there something think more people should know about? Photos or videos you think we should see? Send it to nsfreepress@gmail.com. You can also fill out the form on our Linktree.

Submissions

News
We welcome pitches from anyone in the TNS community who is passionate about journalism and eager to contribute to our news coverage. Your pitch should be concise, no longer than 400 words, and no less than 200 words. Whether you wish to work on the story yourself or prefer to pass the idea along, our news editor can assign the pitch to a full-time reporter.

Arts & Culture
If you’re interested in music, art, culture, fashion, food, sports, performing arts, and/or live events, we’d love to have your voice in the New School Free Press. We look to publish stories that involve and impact New School students and the local arts community,  so whether you’d like to cover a CoPA performance, a fashion show put on by Parsons students, review a nearby restaurant, or spotlight a New School club/initiative/brand, we’d love to hear your pitch. Not sure if it’s what we’re looking for? Pitch anyway and we’ll work with you.

Opinions
We welcome pitches from anyone in the TNS community who is passionate about journalism and eager to contribute to our news coverage. Your pitch should be concise, no longer than 400 words, and no less than 200 words. Whether you wish to work on the story yourself or prefer to pass the idea along, our news editor can assign the pitch to a full-time reporter.

Features
Welcome to the Features Desk! If you have an idea that delves into unique, engaging, and often personal aspects of life at New School and beyond, we want to hear from you. We cover a wide array of topics including but not limited to human interest stories, in-depth profiles, unique student experiences, etc. If it has a compelling narrative and resonates with our community, it could be a great fit!

Series
Every NSFP series has something called a DEK, which is a recurring blurb at the top of each series installment reminding the reader what the series is about. This way, no matter what installment your reader comes in on, the series is still accessible to them. So when pitching, please provide a DEK.