MYPROJECT/newsroom/templatetags/blog_extras.py

from mezzanine.blog.models import BlogPost
from django import template

register = template.Library()

@register.inclusion_tag('featured_posts.html')
def featured_posts_list():
    """
    Return a set of blog posts whose featured_post=True.
    """

    blog_posts = BlogPost.objects.published().select_related("user")
    blog_posts = blog_posts.filter(featured_post=True)

    # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
    return {'featured_posts_list': blog_posts}