Society for Features Journalism

?? Save the date! Our final webinar of 2024 will be Wednesday, Nov. 13, with four winners in this year's Excellence in Features contest! It will be at 1 p.m. ET / noon CT / 10 a.m. PT. Justin Agrelo, Karim Shamsi-Basha, Erin Allday and Salgu Wissmath won in Division 3's Inclusion and Representation in Features category. Our board member and former president Margaret Myers will guide them in a conversation about how they build trust with the communities they serve — among other topics! Please go to the story for more information and to register! You can also register here: https://lnkd.in/dBeqfDfs #journalism #inclusion #webinar #inclusivestorytelling #featuresjournalism https://lnkd.in/duVGPkdG

? Hi! If you missed our webinar this week on longform features journalism, the video is now available! In the hourlong conversation, 2024 Pulitzer winner Katie Engelhart and veteran editor Maria Carrillo (also a Pulitzer juror), discussed a wide range of skills and techniques that can help journalists hone their craft, including how to build trust with story sources and effectively use timelines and outlines. Click on the story to learn more! Huge thanks to Katie and Maria for sharing their time and expertise! ?? #journalism #webinar #featuresjournalism #writingtips #reportingtips https://lnkd.in/gvR6zCWR

?? Reminder! This is happening tomorrow, Oct. 15! 2 pm ET/ 1 pm CT/ 11 am PT. Come spend an hour talking about reporting and writing for longform journalism — how to do it well and how it can affect you as a person. #journalism #writing #reporting #webinar

?? Save the date! On Tuesday, October 15, we are hosting a free webinar with Katie Engelhart, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for “The Mother Who Changed: A Story of Dementia,” published in the New York Times Magazine. Katie will be interviewed by Maria Carrillo, one of our favorite narrative editors and a Pulitzer juror. Maria is a longtime SFJ member. Katie and Maria will talk about many topics, including how to maintain control of complicated, emotionally charged stories; and what editors can do to help stories shine. Don't miss out! Click on our story to get the Zoom link. DATE:?Tuesday, Oct. 15 TIME:?2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT / 11 a.m. PT #featuresjournalism #journalism #longform #webinar #pulitzer #media https://lnkd.in/dMJ73JUe

Sharing a great opportunity for writers who like to follow the impact of money! You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply for grants of up to $15,000 from the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Former fellows have been generalists, or cover areas such as health care, inequality or the environment. Journalists from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. If you are working on or want to work on a project about inequality, workplace, health, immigration, trade, corp accountability, climate or something else, consider applying! Deadline to apply is October 6, 2024: https://lnkd.in/dxYp6yvw #journalism #grant #media #businessjournalism #journalismfellowship

If you missed our webinar this week with author and NBC News senior investigative reporter Mike Hixenbaugh, no worries! Here's the replay! If you are curious about how to find an agent; draft a pitch; set aside time to write; or what a book editing process is like, this webinar will be super helpful. Thank you, Mike, for sharing your time and wisdom! #media #journalism #bookproject #webinar #bookpublishing https://lnkd.in/ezgiJSg9

?? Hey journalists thinking about writing a book: Save the date! We're hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, July 10 at 12 p.m. ET; 11 a.m. CT; 9 a.m. PT that you won't want to miss. Mike Hixenbaugh of NBC News will be in conversation with SFJ board member Robert Morast (of San Francisco Chronicle) about how to turn a journalism beat into a nonfiction book. Hixenbaugh is the author of “They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms.” Click on the story link to save the Zoom link! #journalism #webinar #bookwriting #media https://lnkd.in/gynC4jTF

We're thrilled to announce the winners of?the 2024 Society for Features Journalism’s Excellence-in-Features contest! We have so many that we split the announcement into three posts! Here is the list of winners from Division 3, which is for publications with circulations of more than 200,000 and digital-only organizations. We also have a combined category for podcasts, included here. Our judges fielded nearly 1,000 entries this year, so a huge congratulations goes to the winners in each division and category. A look through the winning entries shows how many fascinating stories there are to tell and how features journalism can inform and help readers. We're also sending our gratitude to the judges who volunteered their time to evaluate the entries. First-place winners will receive a $300 prize. ?? ?? ?to all! https://lnkd.in/ghQjCas4 #journalism #journalismcontest #media #featuresjournalism

We're thrilled to announce the winners of?the 2024 Society for Features Journalism’s Excellence-in-Features contest! We have so many that we have to split the announcement into three posts! Here is the list of winners from Division 2, which is for publications with circulations of 90,001 to 199,999. Our judges fielded nearly 1,000 entries this year, so a huge congratulations goes to the winners in each division and category. A look through the winning entries shows how many fascinating stories there are to tell and how features journalism can inform and help readers. We're also sending our gratitude to the judges who volunteered their time to evaluate the entries. First-place winners will receive a $300 prize. ?? ?? ?to all! https://lnkd.in/gkfrXHQ6 #journalism #journalismcontest #media #featuresjournalism

We're thrilled to announce the winners of?the 2024 Society for Features Journalism’s Excellence-in-Features contest! We have so many that we have to split the announcement into three posts! Here is the list of winners from Division 1, which is for publications with circulations of up to 90,000. Our judges fielded nearly 1,000 entries this year, so a huge congratulations goes to the winners in each division and category. A look through the winning entries shows how many fascinating stories there are to tell and how features journalism can inform and help readers. We're also sending our gratitude to the judges who volunteered their time to evaluate the entries. First-place winners will receive a $300 prize. ?? ?? ?to all! https://lnkd.in/gAWtYYZz #journalism #media #journalismcontest #featuresjournalism