Soooo … we now also exist in newsletter form! We just launched SFJ Insider, a monthly newsletter for members 🙌 Our first issue landed this week and had a note from our president & a Career Corner. Become a member for free to get our June edition! www.featuresjournalism.org/membership

“In my lifetime I have witnessed a terrible decline. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery.” What an immense privilege it has been to be alive at the same time as this incredible human being—David Attenborough. #Happy100thBirthday🥳 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Join @wearesfj.bsky.social for our national conference from Oct. 22-24! Speakers will include @robingivhan.bsky.social, @tomsietsema.bsky.social, Kurt Streeter, @markarms.bsky.social, Jan Winburn, Moni Basu (@evilreporterchick.bsky.social) & many more. www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/5/...

We're thrilled to share that our annual conference is returning to @arizonastateuni.bsky.social in Phoenix! 🗓️: Oct. 22-24 🛏️ Special hotel rate is $160 a night 🐣 Early bird rate $249 through July 6 Click the link to see our guests so far! #journalism www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/5/...

We hear you! You need a little more time to gather your contest entries! So we have extended the deadline for our annual Excellence-in-Features journalism awards through March 25! There will be no other extensions, so get your entries in! Details: www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/1/...

Dancing during commercial breaks, and what really happened when Kumail Nanjiani opened that envelope and announced a tie—here’s everything you didn’t see on TV at the Oscars

Deadline to enter our annual contest is Tuesday, March 17! We celebrate storytelling in many forms, including podcast, narrative video and social media! You won't win unless you enter, so celebrate something you're really proud of producing! #journalism www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/1/...

Business journalists: McGraw Center at CUNY's Newark Graduate School of Journalism offers $15K grants for high-impact stories that 'Follow the Money’ on key econ issues: inequality, workplace, climate, health, corp accountability & more. Apply by 4/13/26: bit.ly/McGrawFellows

Amazing! Thank you for including our contest! 🫶

'The Godfather,' 'M*A*S*H,' and 'Tender Mercies' star Robert Duvall passed away at home at age 95, "surrounded by love and comfort"

"Eighty percent of Americans said voters have a responsibility to keep up with the news, but just 8% said they had a responsibility to pay for it." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

The replay for our panel discussion with @startribune.com feature writers is now available! The post includes the video and links to the stories shared. Huge thanks to Sue Campbell, Allie Shah, Reid Forgrave, Laura Yuen and Sharyn Jackson for their time 🙏 www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/2/...

Reminder! This is happening tomorrow!

Join us for this for free webinar on Thursday, Feb. 12, to hear how @startribune.com feature writers are bringing the features lens to covering ICE activities in Minneapolis. Click on the link to register! #journalism www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/2/...

I'm really looking forward to hearing from these stellar features journalists from The Minnesota @startribune.com at this Society for Features Journalism @wearesfj.bsky.social virtual event on Thursday, Feb. 12. Please join us if you can! www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/2/...

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We're up to 100 followers! Thank you! 💗 It's a great time to announce our 2026 Excellence-in-Features contest is open for submissions! 20 categories and 3 divisions. Freelancers welcome! Enter by March 2 to save $10 on the entry fee. #journalism www.featuresjournalism.org/blog/2026/1/...

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

All the planning and emails and calls are now officially a conference!! And it’s amazing! #sfj2025

It’s hard to put into words what it feels like to gather as features journalists and talk about reporting and writing with empathy and care 💗 Thank you for hosting, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at ASU! #SFJ2025 #phoenix

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. 💪😜🏈

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 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.

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

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!

🗓️ 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!