About Bonnie Jean Feldkamp

Bonnie Jean Feldkamp

Bonnie Jean Feldkamp

Bonnie Jean Feldkamp’s award-winning columns spotlight stories about people who are making the world a better place. She’s been writing and publishing for more than 20 years. Bonnie Jean is the former community engagement and opinion editor for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisville Courier Journal as well as the former media director for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

As a writer, wife and mother, the importance of strong community resources speaks to her both personally and professionally. Journalism is a vital community resource to which she is honored to contribute. Find Bonnie Jean on social media @WriterBonnieJean, or learn more about her at WriterBonnie.com.
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The Making of 'Gina School' Offers a Lesson in Collaboration Sep 26, 2025

When artist and writer John Guillemette posted his "illustration outtakes" from the upcoming book "Gina School" by Gina Barreca on Instagram, I knew I had to talk to them about their collaboration. The general public rarely gets a glimpse into an art... Read More

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How This Alabama Painter Is Building Community Through Art and Kindness Sep 19, 2025

On the Fourth of July, Trés Taylor woke with a heavy heart. Congress had just passed what President Donald Trump called "One Big Beautiful Bill," but it felt pretty ugly considering it included $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food assistance... Read More

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How South Carolina's 'Angel Tree' Was Saved From Development Sep 12, 2025

When Samantha Siegel's best friend took her to see an old live oak tree on Johns Island in South Carolina, she had no idea it was about to change her life. Samantha was a college student going through a hard time. Her friend just wanted to get her ou... Read More

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Finding Kinship in 'The Perils of Girlhood' Sep 05, 2025

The worries we have as parents are tightly tethered to childhood experiences that shook us. Growing up in the latchkey days of the 1980s and '90s, without cellphones or supervision, it was the wild-wild west of adolescence. We explored our neighborho... Read More