Society for Features Journalism
@wearesfj.bsky.social
We are the storytellers. The Society for Features Journalism promotes, supports and celebrates the craft of storytelling in lifestyle and culture journalism. Find us at featuresjournalism.org.
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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...
www.featuresjournalism.org
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/...
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/...
The stories from this panel!
Between Mesfin Fekadu (our new SFJ president btw), Jonathan Landrum Jr., and Malcolm Venable — we were all one degree away from nearly every celebrity you can think of. They shared how they build trust with PR teams & how they ask the tough questions. #sfj2025
Between Mesfin Fekadu (our new SFJ president btw), Jonathan Landrum Jr., and Malcolm Venable — we were all one degree away from nearly every celebrity you can think of. They shared how they build trust with PR teams & how they ask the tough questions. #sfj2025
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The stories from this panel!
Between Mesfin Fekadu (our new SFJ president btw), Jonathan Landrum Jr., and Malcolm Venable — we were all one degree away from nearly every celebrity you can think of. They shared how they build trust with PR teams & how they ask the tough questions. #sfj2025
Between Mesfin Fekadu (our new SFJ president btw), Jonathan Landrum Jr., and Malcolm Venable — we were all one degree away from nearly every celebrity you can think of. They shared how they build trust with PR teams & how they ask the tough questions. #sfj2025
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Come to hear from Pulitzer Prize winners Eli Saslow, Lane DeGregory & Mark Warren.
Stay for the food & drinks.
And suffer me waxing poetic about the power of sports journalism. 💪😜🏈
Stay for the food & drinks.
And suffer me waxing poetic about the power of sports journalism. 💪😜🏈
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/...
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/...
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...
www.featuresjournalism.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Come to hear from Pulitzer Prize winners Eli Saslow, Lane DeGregory & Mark Warren.
Stay for the food & drinks.
And suffer me waxing poetic about the power of sports journalism. 💪😜🏈
Stay for the food & drinks.
And suffer me waxing poetic about the power of sports journalism. 💪😜🏈
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/...
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/...
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...
www.featuresjournalism.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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/...
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/...
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/...
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/...
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’...
www.featuresjournalism.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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/...
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/...
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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.
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.
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/...
#journalism
She has tips and more. Read the story to get link to video:
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/7/...
#journalism
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...
www.featuresjournalism.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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.
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.
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/...
#journalism
She has tips and more. Read the story to get link to video:
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/7/...
#journalism
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...
www.featuresjournalism.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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/...
#journalism
She has tips and more. Read the story to get link to video:
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/7/...
#journalism
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/...
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/...
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...
www.featuresjournalism.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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/...
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!
🗓️ 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/...
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/...
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 ...
www.featuresjournalism.org
July 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Boosting as a reminder!
🗓️ 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/...
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/...
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 ...
www.featuresjournalism.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🗓️ 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/...
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/...
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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.
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to all the winners in our 2025 Excellence-in-Features DIVISION 1!
Thank you to all the judges and contest entrants for making this annual celebration of great storytelling possible!
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/5/...
Thank you to all the judges and contest entrants for making this annual celebration of great storytelling possible!
www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2025/5/...
www.featuresjournalism.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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.
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"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
thank you to @wearesfj.bsky.social for naming The Harvard Plan #1 narrative podcast
May 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"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
thank you to @wearesfj.bsky.social for naming The Harvard Plan #1 narrative podcast
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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.
GENERAL COMMENTARY PORTFOLIO, DIV 2
Three columns or essays by the same writer on any human interest or specialty topic, excluding editorials.
🥇 1st Place: @rickhutzell.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: Brandon McGinley, @post-gazette.com
🥉 3rd Place: @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social
Three columns or essays by the same writer on any human interest or specialty topic, excluding editorials.
🥇 1st Place: @rickhutzell.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: Brandon McGinley, @post-gazette.com
🥉 3rd Place: @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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.
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ACK!!!!! chicago.suntimes.com/music/2024/1...
May 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ACK!!!!! chicago.suntimes.com/music/2024/1...
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Pretty tickled about this one.
FOOD WRITING PORTFOLIO, DIV 1
Three stories, columns or reviews by the same writer on any food topic.
🥇 1st Place: @rachelbernhard.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: @lilywrenn.bsky.social
🥉 3rd Place: April Hamilton, inRegister
Three stories, columns or reviews by the same writer on any food topic.
🥇 1st Place: @rachelbernhard.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: @lilywrenn.bsky.social
🥉 3rd Place: April Hamilton, inRegister
May 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Pretty tickled about this one.
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Blast from my past, or: echoes down the well of time. 👹
FOOD WRITING PORTFOLIO, DIV 2
Three stories, columns or reviews by the same writer on any food topic.
🥇 1st Place: @alisoncook.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: Christina Tkacik, @thebaltimorebanner.com
🥉 3rd Place: Mike Sutter, @expressnews.com
🏅 Honorable Mention: Daniel Neman, @stltoday.com
Three stories, columns or reviews by the same writer on any food topic.
🥇 1st Place: @alisoncook.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: Christina Tkacik, @thebaltimorebanner.com
🥉 3rd Place: Mike Sutter, @expressnews.com
🏅 Honorable Mention: Daniel Neman, @stltoday.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Blast from my past, or: echoes down the well of time. 👹
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If I’m going to come in second, at least it’s to my hometown paper! 🤠
FEATURE WRITING PORTFOLIO, DIV 2
Three stories by the same writer from any combination of feature beats.
🥇 1st Place: @sarahesmith23.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: @editorswindler.bsky.social
🥉 3rd Place: @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
Three stories by the same writer from any combination of feature beats.
🥇 1st Place: @sarahesmith23.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: @editorswindler.bsky.social
🥉 3rd Place: @madaleinerubin.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If I’m going to come in second, at least it’s to my hometown paper! 🤠
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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...
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
May 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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...
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
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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...
A huge hit song traces back 20 years to St. Louis. But rapper J-Kwon never left the scene.
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
May 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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...
A huge hit song traces back 20 years to St. Louis. But rapper J-Kwon never left the scene.
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
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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...
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
May 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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...
www.stltoday.com/life-enterta...
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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
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
May 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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
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
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So honored to be sharing this award with my colleagues Ken and Ira, whose journalism is exactly what we need more of today.
🥉 3rd Place: Ken Makin, Ira Porter, and @cameron-pugh.bsky.social, @csmonitor.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
🏅 Honorable Mention: Hal B. Klein, @post-gazette.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So honored to be sharing this award with my colleagues Ken and Ira, whose journalism is exactly what we need more of today.
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Ayyy the old man still got it 🏆
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FEATURE, DIV 3
Feature treatment of an arts and entertainment topic.
🥇 1st Place: @nattotodd.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: Alex Morris, @rollingstone.com
🥉 3rd Place: @megjames.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention: @danrys.bsky.social
Feature treatment of an arts and entertainment topic.
🥇 1st Place: @nattotodd.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: Alex Morris, @rollingstone.com
🥉 3rd Place: @megjames.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention: @danrys.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Ayyy the old man still got it 🏆
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I’m honorable!
GENERAL COMMENTARY PORTFOLIO, DIV 3
Three columns or essays by the same writer on any human interest or specialty topic.
🥇 1st Place: @yabraham.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: @laurayuen.bsky.social
🥉 3rd Place: @jaymichaelson.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention:
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social
Three columns or essays by the same writer on any human interest or specialty topic.
🥇 1st Place: @yabraham.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: @laurayuen.bsky.social
🥉 3rd Place: @jaymichaelson.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention:
@gustavoarellano.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I’m honorable!