Laura T. Coffey

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 @Cronkite_ASU! We have some great speakers lined up, see details: featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

FINEST IN FEATURES SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS, DIV 1 These honors go to the publications earning the most wins across the contest’s 21 categories. 👏 Congratulations to: 🥇 @postandcourier, 🥈@journalsentinel, and 🥉 @csgazette 🏅 Honorable Mention: @statesman 👏👏👏👏

FINEST IN FEATURES SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS, DIV 2 These awards recognize the publications that garner the most honors in the contest’s other 21 categories. 🥇 1st Place: @PittsburghPG 🥈 2nd Place: @BaltimoreBanner 🥉 3rd Place: @Suntimes 🏅 Honorable Mention: @theobserver

🎉 Big congrats to the 2025 Division 2 winners of SFJ’s Excellence-in-Features Awards! 🎉 Nearly 1,000 entries. $300 prizes for 1st place. ✨ SFJ, thanks all who were involved! Read more here: featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

🎉 Congrats to the winners of SFJ’s 2025 Excellence-in-Features DIVISION 3, COMBINED! 🎉 This year’s standout entries weren’t just in print. They shined in video, audio, and social media too. 📹🎙️📱 Read more about the winners: featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

FINEST IN FEATURES SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS, DIV 3 These awards recognize the publications that garner the most honors in the contest’s other 21 categories. 🥇 1st Place: @washingtonpost 🥈 2nd Place: @BostonGlobe 🥉 3rd Place: @njdotcom 🏅 Honorable Mention: @latimes 👏👏👏👏

🎉 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! featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

▶️ ICYMI: The recording from our webinar with Katie Engelhart (a 2024 @PulitzerPrizes winner) & veteran editor @havana58 is ready! Click on link to watch & learn more! #journalism #webinar featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

If you're interested in writing a book based on your beat coverage, this webinar with @Mike_Hixenbaugh will be very helpful! Go to the story for the replay to learn how he crafted the pitch, got an agent and more. Thank you Mike, for sharing! #journalism featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

Check it out! We've launched a beautiful new website + a Slack space where our members can share ideas, celebrate each other, announce job postings and find community. Read all about it here! featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

Huge thanks to the 6 wonderful journalists who opened up about their career journeys at our webinar on Tuesday! These takeaways may be helpful for journalists who are out of work or extremely burned out: featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

Tune in on Tuesday, March 26 to learn how veteran journalists used their hard-won skills to forge new career paths. (This panel won't be recorded, so be sure to catch it live!) Details: featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

Save the date! If you're curious about how former journalists have landed careers using the skills they learned in the news trenches, we have a special webinar coming up on March 26. Details: featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

Great news! You have a bit more time to enter our annual Excellence-in-Features contest! The new deadline is March 25. Here's how to enter: featuresjournalism.org/blog/…

The early bird deadline to enter SFJ's annual Excellence-in-Features contest is Monday, March 4! Cost is $50/entry through Monday, so if you are planning on multiple entries, you can save 💰... and first-place winners get $300! featuresjournalism.org/2024/…

In case you missed our webinar with @andreeball on reporting and writing techniques for narrative stories, the replay is available! Read more about what she covered and get the link to the video here: featuresjournalism.org/2024/… #journalism #reporting #writing

SFJ's 2024 Excellence-in-Features journalism awards is open for submissions! The contest is our annual celebration of the craft of storytelling. Here's how to enter. #journalism featuresjournalism.org/2024/…

Save the date! We are hosting a free virtual workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 30, on how to report for narrative stories. Time: 2 p.m. ET; 1 p.m. CT; 11 a.m. PT Our guest will be @andreeball, investigative reporter with the Houston Chronicle.