Hi. I'm Chase.

I'm an investigative reporter and Web developer based in Sacramento, California. By day, I work as the Director of Technology at the Center for Investigative Reporting, the nation's oldest non-profit investigative newsroom. By night, I am a founding partner of the media-technology firm Hot Type Consulting, where we develop Web and mobile applications and provide technology consulting to media organizations.

I grew up in Minnesota and went to school at Mizzou. I spent time working as an investigative reporter at the Houston Chronicle, the Des Moines Register and California Watch, where I still write about money and politics issues. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking barbecue (Texas-style) and playing blues and folk guitar.

Most of the time I work.

Occasionally I blog.

Some of my latest thoughts on journalism and technology can be found here.