SFJ Webinars

We host online sessions based on our members’ interests and needs. Most revolve around developing the craft, from reporting to writing to editing. Recent examples include our discussions with Pulitzer Prize winners Eli Saslow and Lane DeGregory and a presentation on narrative investigations by Andrea Ball of the Houston Chronicle. We also hold occasional online networking events.

We’re delighted to hear your ideas for future sessions. Please share them with us at WeAreSFJ@gmail.com.

Events

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Watch: 3 lessons on inclusive journalism — collaborate, make space, be vulnerable
Watch: 3 lessons on inclusive journalism — collaborate, make space, be vulnerable

Four SFJ Excellence in Features award winners share how they collaborated with community members to tell rich and personal stories in a webinar on Nov. 13, 2024. Watch the replay here.

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Webinar: SFJ award winners on how they practice inclusive storytelling
Webinar: SFJ award winners on how they practice inclusive storytelling

In a webinar on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, four SFJ Excellence in Features award winners will discuss how they find stories, build trust, and prove that community-led narratives can transform both newsrooms and the communities they serve.

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Watch replay: Pulitzer winner Katie Engelhart shares tips for reporting, outlining, writing complex stories
Watch replay: Pulitzer winner Katie Engelhart shares tips for reporting, outlining, writing complex stories

Katie Engelhart, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, talked about her winning New York Times Magazine story with Maria Carrillo, a veteran editor and Pulitzer juror, at a Society for Features Journalism webinar on Oct. 15, 2024. They discussed a wide range of skills and techniques that can help journalists hone their craft.

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Webinar: Pulitzer winner Katie Engelhart to share tips for managing complex stories
Webinar: Pulitzer winner Katie Engelhart to share tips for managing complex stories

The Society for Features Journalism will host a free virtual event on Oct. 15, 2024, with Katie Engelhart, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, and Maria Carrillo, a veteran editor and Pulitzer juror.

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Watch replay: Mike Hixenbaugh of NBC News on his book writing process, from pitch to print
Watch replay: Mike Hixenbaugh of NBC News on his book writing process, from pitch to print

NBC News journalist Mike Hixenbaugh, the author of the new book “They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms,” shares the story of how his book came to be and shows how journalists can transform their own beats into books .

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Mike Hixenbaugh of NBC News will share how he turned his beat into a book
Mike Hixenbaugh of NBC News will share how he turned his beat into a book

Mike Hixenbaugh, a senior investigative reporter for NBC News and author of “They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms,” describes how to turn work done on a journalism beat into a nonfiction book.

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Show & Steal: How to use numbers, graphics, audio to make stories more accessible
Show & Steal: How to use numbers, graphics, audio to make stories more accessible

Newsday editors Robert Shields and Shawna VanNess shared some easy-to-use alternative storytelling formats in an SFJ virtual training session.

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There is life and a career after journalism: Panelists share 9 takeaways
There is life and a career after journalism: Panelists share 9 takeaways

In a virtual panel discussion, six former journalists shared how to leverage your strengths and pursue a career after leaving journalism. The event was hosted by the Society for Features Journalism.

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Life after journalism webinar: Hear from 6 journalists who pivoted in their careers
Life after journalism webinar: Hear from 6 journalists who pivoted in their careers

The Society for Features Journalism is hosting a virtual conversation on March 26, 2024, with six former journalists who have taken their skills to new careers. Hear how they did it.

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Watch replay: SFJ first-person essay winners on the power of sharing our own stories
Watch replay: SFJ first-person essay winners on the power of sharing our own stories

In Dec. 12 webinar, SFJ winners share tips for writing first-person stories: ‘Our connective tissue to each other is vulnerability’

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How to write about yourself and connect emotionally: SFJ award winners share tips at virtual event on Dec. 12
How to write about yourself and connect emotionally: SFJ award winners share tips at virtual event on Dec. 12

SFJ award winners Alexandra Rain, Théoden Janes and Janelle Harris Dixon will be in a virtual conversation about writing in first person on Dec. 12 at 2 pm ET.

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