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Cheantay Jensen

Long Beach
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

Awards

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.

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.

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."

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.