Media Writing Essentials, an online course from The New School and Rolling Stone, provides insights into essential skills for pitching, reporting, freelancing and writing compelling messages for media and digital channels. Led by The New School faculty, experts from Rolling Stone, and published writers from across the media industry, the course is 100% online and fully-on demand which means you can complete it whenever and wherever you want. Become a professional writer. Topics include prewriting processes and strategies, writing for the web, self-publishing, interviewing, crafting book proposals and more.