From gorgeous hikes to golfing, you can turn the 2025 SFJ conference into a cool November getaway
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’s a great reason to join other talented features journalists as we reinvigorate our craft and spend a few days exploring Phoenix, the fifth largest city in the United States.
The SFJ conference is back! Join us in Phoenix in November
The Society for Features Journalism is bringing back an in-person national conference from Nov. 6-8, 2025 at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in downtown Phoenix. Speakers will include Eli Saslow, Lane DeGregory, Mike Wilson, Mark Warren, Kim Cross and more, and AI realities will be tackled head-on.
This will be SFJ’s first official national conference since the pandemic. The theme is “Rewriting the Narrative.”
Watch replay: Mallary Tenore Tarpley shows journalists how to weave personal narrative with strong reporting
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 the replay here.