• Jenna Chandler, Patch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Lake Forest, CA

Jenna Chandler is the editor of Santa Monica Patch (read her introduction to the site here). She studied journalism at Chapman University, where she was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, <i>The Panther</i>, and interned in the newsroom at the <i>Orange County Register</i> and NBC News Los Angeles. In 2008, she was distinguished as the Register&#39;s Outstanding Student Journalist of the Year. 

Jenna joined Patch in October 2010 as the editor of San Juan Capistrano Patch after covering crime and government at the <i>Porterville Recorder </i>in California&#39;s Central Valley. There she built a portfolio of stories that had resounding effects in the community, including a series that forced the City Council to reallocate thousands of dollars in misspent funds, and a weeklong report on public-sector salaries that led to the resignation of a city manager.  

When she&#39;s not working, you&#39;ll find Jenna perusing record stores for Neil Young vinyl, eating pizza and hiking. 

Posting Activity

Santa Monica, CA|News|

Doing the Cafe Shuffle

Downtown L.A.'s Cafe Demitass will make its Santa Monica debut this spring as Infuzion Cafe relocates to Fifth Street.

Jenna Chandler, Patch StaffVerified Patch Staff Badge
Doing the Cafe Shuffle
Santa Monica, CA|News|

American Record Holder Deena Kastor to Run LA Marathon

"I was on the L.A. Marathon course last year as part of the broadcast team and I was so impressed with the course and the energy of the event that I knew I needed to compete in 2013," says Kastor, who has not previously run in the Los Angeles

Jenna Chandler, Patch StaffVerified Patch Staff Badge
American Record Holder Deena Kastor to Run LA Marathon
BackNext