Our speciality is working with media organizations, non-profits and journalism startups to provide custom technical services, from Web development to database optimization to SEO.

We write code the way good reporters write stories: quickly, concisely and with an eye toward presenting information as cleanly as possible.

And as journalists, we understand the demands of the evolving media marketplace. Let us give you a hand.

Updated 11/4/09: Congratulations to our fantastic clients, the Texas Tribune on a successful launch this week! Non-profit journalism is an exciting new model, and it's been fun to be part of it.

Updated 7/28/09: Our Banktracker application was named a notable entry in the Knight-Batten awards for innovation in journalism. Matt's Mug Shots app, built for his day job at the St. Petersburg Times, was also honored.

Matt Waite is the News Technologist at the St. Petersburg Times and principal developer of PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website.

Before becoming a developer, he was an investigative reporter with more than 10 years of experience. He is also the author of Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss.

Chase Davis is an investigative reporter who has been programming and developing Web sites for nearly 10 years.

An experienced open source programmer, database manager and server administrator, Chase has taught in classrooms and newsrooms and is a regular speaker at industry conferences.

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