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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Chickasaw Park Tells a Black American Story We Can't Afford To Forget Feb 13, 2026

Chickasaw Park is special. It was designed by the Olmsted firm in 1923 for Louisville, Kentucky, and is believed to be the only Olmsted-designed park created specifically for a Black community during segregation. Olmsted Park Conservancy recently rec... Read More

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From Typewriters to Truth: Journalist Betty Bayé Knows What This Moment Demands Feb 06, 2026

I had just sat down with my notes for writing this column when the news came through that journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort had been arrested in Minnesota. My notes were from a luncheon I had attended the previous day. National Association of Bl... Read More

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Comparing ICE to the Gestapo Lets America Off the Hook Jan 30, 2026

While Immigration and Customs Enforcement terrorizes our nation, I keep seeing social media posts that compare ICE to Nazi Germany's Secret State Police, the Gestapo. Some in Trump's ranks like to lean into Nazi symbolism and cosplay in reminiscent t... Read More

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Muhammad Ali Risked Everything for His Convictions. His Stamp Proves It Mattered. Jan 23, 2026

Muhammad Ali was honored with his own forever stamp by the United States Postal Service on Jan. 15. "I should be a postage stamp," Ali famously once said, "because that's the only way I'll ever get licked." I attended the launch celebration in Louisv... Read More