Society for Features Journalism

Behold! Here’s the full program for the SFJ 2025 conference in Phoenix — Society for Features Journalism The Society for Features Journalism’s first national conference since the pandemic will be November 6-8 in Phoenix. The focus will be on craft, camaraderie, education and inspiration with speakers lik...

It's official!
We have a conference program!
Look at this rockstar lineup of speakers — from SFJ award to Pulitzer Prize winners.
You will learn, make friends, and be fed.
Join us at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social in November!
#journalismsky

www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/9/...

Phoenix in November: SFJ conference, gorgeous hikes, golfing, museums and more — Society for Features Journalism The Society for Features Journalism conference runs Nov. 6-8, but SFJ’s $189-a-night room block stretches from Nov. 3-11, making it easy to add vacation days to the start or end of the conference. It’...

We always try to plan SFJ conferences in vibrant cities so you can make it a mini-vacation or pitch a travel story.

This November, Hyatt Place is offering to extend our hotel discount!

See this from member and former SFJ president Ann Maloney for ideas:
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/8/...

Being a journalist and stepping into personal narrative can feel a bit weird. Writing in first-person feels awkward and a bit ego-centric.
But it's a wonderful way to tell a story! Personal narratives allow readers to connect with the writer.
See this webinar replay for tips on how to do it well.

Watch replay: Mallary Tenore Tarpley shows journalists how to weave personal narrative with strong reporting — Society for Features Journalism Journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley, author of “Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery,” led an SFJ webinar about how to blend personal narrative and reportage in essays and books. Watch t...

ICYMI: If you want to learn how to skillfully weave in-depth reporting with personal narrative, please watch the replay of our July 15 webinar with @mallarytenore.bsky.social!

She has tips and more. Read the story to get link to video:
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/7/...
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The SFJ conference is back! Join us in Phoenix in November — Society for Features Journalism The Society for Features Journalism is bringing back an in-person national conference from Nov. 6-8, 2025. It will be held at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass C...

Big news! The SFJ conference is back, for the first time since the pandemic!
Early bird registration is just $175, and we are thrilled to host it at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication!
DETAILS: www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/7/...

Boosting as a reminder!

Webinar: Mallary Tenore Tarpley on blending personal narrative and reporting in essays and books — Society for Features Journalism On July 15, 2025, Mallary Tenore Tarpley will join SFJ in a free webinar on how to blend personal narrative and reporting. Tarpley is  an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at ...

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE!
Our next free #webinar is July 15 with @mallarytenore.bsky.social, assistant professor at University of Texas at Austin and longtime journalist.
Come learn about blending personal narrative and reporting for stories or books. #journalism
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/6/...

If you want to read the best best best feature writing, read up on all the SFJ Award winners and check out their stories. I have 30 pages of printouts I'm going through right now to find things I want to read.

"if more people listened to this, they’d understand our current world much better"

thank you to @wearesfj.bsky.social for naming The Harvard Plan #1 narrative podcast

Y’all I won a thing. @wearesfj.bsky.social is the organization that gave me my first national award in 2000. Their support means everything.

ACK!!!!! chicago.suntimes.com/music/2024/1...

Pretty tickled about this one.

Blast from my past, or: echoes down the well of time. 👹

If I’m going to come in second, at least it’s to my hometown paper! 🤠

Here's the story: Up all night: What to do in St. Louis in the wee small hours of the morning
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...

Here's the award-winning story:
A huge hit song traces back 20 years to St. Louis. But rapper J-Kwon never left the scene.
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...

And Sultan's award-winner: A St. Louis troop’s breakup with Girl Scouts leads to national launch of Salam Scouts
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...

On the podium with Sally Jenkins & Steve Politi!?

Thank you to the Society for Features Journalism for this tremendous honor & to @azcentral.com for the resources to produce some of the best sports journalism in America! 🧐🏆🎉

@sallyjenx.bsky.social @stevepoliti.bsky.social @wearesfj.bsky.social

So honored to be sharing this award with my colleagues Ken and Ira, whose journalism is exactly what we need more of today.

Ayyy the old man still got it 🏆

I’m honorable!

It's an honor to be among such talented company and supported by such a great newsroom.

A couple of other numbers to consider: One month of the Chron is priced at $19.96. WaPo is $17. The Food Section costs $9, and I’ll make it five bucks if you subscribe today. thefoodsection.memberful.com/checkout?cou...

Honored that our podcast #BadWatchdog, hosted by @marenmachles.bsky.social, took 3rd place in the Society for Features Journalism Awards! The can't-miss second season is a deep dive into DHS, reporting that couldn’t be more relevant.

All episodes are available wherever you get your podcasts:

We are honored to share this honorable mention with ‬ @kffhealthnews.org and World Channel!

I am thrilled, honored and humbled to be listed alongside some of the best storytellers in the country. Thank you @wearesfj.bsky.social!

Thank you! So honored to have this work recognized. It was a joy to work with Laura, and an honor to tell Sandra's story.

I'm delighted The Harvard Plan won first prize for narrative podcast from the @wearesfj.bsky.social. The Harvard Plan was reported and hosted by @ilyamarritz.bsky.social and was a perfect partnership between @bostonglobe.com and @onthemedia.bsky.social.

What a honor, thank you
@wearesfj.bsky.social!

Not to be ~earnest~ but I left a very prestigious job (at a place that does great work!) because I wanted to write these kinds of stories — to slip into new worlds, to add the shards of a disaster into meaning, to create opportunities for empathy

Awards are not everything but this means a lot