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Cheantay Jensen

Long Beach
As seen in: Long Beach Post, The Long Beach Business Journal, Rogue Magazine, Long Beach Current
Covers:  Arts, music, entertainment food and culture related features and news. I'll never turn down a good profile story.
Filmmaker and Journalist | past: Long Beach Post

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Cheantay Jensen is a reporter and award-winning videographer who covers a variety of topics from crime to education but predominantly art, food, entertainment and culture for the Long Beach Post.

Cheantay graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2019 with a B.A. degree in Journalism. Her work has been published in the Long Beach Post, the Long Beach Business Journal, Rogue Magazine, LA Canvas, and the Daily 49er.

Prior to her position with the Long Beach Post, Cheantay interned with a now defun…

Cheantay Jensen’s Journalist Portfolio

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Side strEATS: This audio engineer-turned-baker transformed his garage into a micro bakery * the H...

Side strEATS: This audio engineer-turned-baker transformed his garage into a micro bakery * the H...

Seven days a week, Hellen-Lloyd and his musician-wife Christina Wilson work from home, churning out hundreds …

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Live music will still have a haven at Fourth Street's Vine, sounds to come soon * the Hi-lo

Live music will still have a haven at Fourth Street's Vine, sounds to come soon * the Hi-lo

The bar, which opened Saturday, April 10, is more of a reopening than a grand opening as Vine, formerly known…

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'Fat Girl Has Moxi' is paving a path toward a more inclusive skate culture * the Hi-lo

'Fat Girl Has Moxi' is paving a path toward a more inclusive skate culture * the Hi-lo

The waterworks were prompted by a mini documentary by Nike that featured five Long Beach based-female roller …

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VIDEO: Recycled skateboard art gave Justin LaRose a new start * the Hi-lo

VIDEO: Recycled skateboard art gave Justin LaRose a new start * the Hi-lo

There are two things Justin LaRose can expect every morning when he steps-springs, more like it-into his work…

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Relics owner brings passion for old-school photography to Retro Row - Long Beach Business Journal

Relics owner brings passion for old-school photography to Retro Row - Long Beach Business Journal

In a modest storefront on Retro Row, shelves of vintage cameras sit encased behind towering glass displays: P…

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'Lifelong journey to find good food': The art of vegetarian cooking at Appu's Cafe * the Hi-lo

'Lifelong journey to find good food': The art of vegetarian cooking at Appu's Cafe * the Hi-lo

It's Friday at Appu's Cafe and Vinod Venkataraman is in the throes of a late morning rush. Under fluorescent …

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Side StrEATS Archives

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By Cheantay Jensen, Thomas R Cordova, Jacob Sisneros, Caitlin Antonios
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Posted inSide StrEATS by Thomas Cordova and Jacob Sisneros February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 Side StrEATS is an occasional video series by the Long Beach Post that highlights the amazing diversity and personal stories in our city’s unique culinary scene.
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In The Studio Archives

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By Cheantay Jensen, Thomas R Cordova, Jeremiah Dobruck Verified, Brandon Richardson
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Posted inIn The Studio by Thomas Cordova and Jeremiah Dobruck April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 One of the last remaining masters of traditional Cambodian ceramics came to Long Beach this month to spread a love of his country’s heritage and history.
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Musica Angelica to bring free orchestra music to the library

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By Cheantay Jensen
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Members of the Musica Angelica Baroque orchestra perform for Long Beach Unified students as part of an outreach program. Courtesy photo. This season, Musica Angelica is bringing its Baroque orchestra out of the concert hall and into a quintessential public space: The Long Beach Public Library.
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Hearst Journalism Award

2018 - Personality Profile Competition

Profile story about the young, former CSULB college graduate, Andy Bready, operating the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden. "From Seito to Sensei" placed #16 out of 20 in the national 2018 Hearst Personality Profile Competition.

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National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards

2017 - Best Arts and Entertainment Feature, Student Journalism

Won third place for my first-person retelling of 70,000 Tons of Metal, the biggest heavy metal music cruise in the world.

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National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards

2017 - Best Profile, student journalism

Won third place for my profile on 90s heart throb, James Van Der Beek about his upcoming endeavors in the television industry starring in Viceland's first-ever scripted series, "What Would Diplo Do."

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National Press Photographers Association

2021 - Online Video Storytelling - Culture

Won 2nd place for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) 2021 Best of Photojournalism Competition for her video of Jordan Busa, a violinist who began performing porch-side concerts for people during the pandemic.

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