Stefanie Loh is the 2025 recipient of the Lisa Ben Award for Achievement in Features Coverage. Loh began her career covering college football for media organizations in West Virginia at The Dominion Post, in Pennsylvania at The Patriot-News and in California at the San Diego Union-Tribune. Next, Loh became a sports reporter for The Seattle Times, covering Washington State football before she began following the Seattle Seahawks. She later worked as the Time’s assistant sports editor. Having covered major teams from coast to coast, she is a past president of the Football Writers Association of America and the Association for Women in Sports Media.
Loh ultimately became the assistant managing editor at The Seattle Times, where she oversees the digital operation, features, Pacific Northwest magazine and staff development. As the features editor from 2019-2024, Loh worked to increase coverage of food, outdoors, the arts, communities and culture in Western Washington, and was one of the driving forces behind The Seattle Times’ 2024 package that recognized 50 influential LGBTQ+ leaders who shaped Washington state — a project the newsroom took on to commemorate 50 years of Seattle Pride. She currently serves on the national board of the Society for Features Journalists.