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 7/7/10: Just saw comps for our new Web site, designed by the good folks at Upstatement. After more than a year, we'll finally have a real Web presence in just a few weeks. Stay tuned ...

Updated 5/26/10: Congrats to the Bay Citizen on their successful launch. They took the CMS we built with the Texas Tribune and really ran with it. Looks great, guys!

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. By day, he covers money and politics issues for California Watch.

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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