Tomo Chien

Hi. My full name is Tomoki but my friends call me Tomo. I live in Los Angeles and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I'm an investigative reporter at L.A. Material, where I use data analysis and computer programming to discover unexpected stories.

Before joining L.A. Material, I was an undergraduate at USC, where I wrote an irreverent and scoopy newsletter called Morning, Trojan.

For half my time in college, I also worked at The San Francisco Standard, which involved an epic weekly commute up the Interstate 5.

In my spare time, I enjoy exploring the mountains, forests, and beaches of California. But you're probably here to see my work. Or you're from Twitter and you're here to dox me. So enjoy these/suck on these clips:

• L.A. Issued Nearly $1 Million in Bogus Street Sweeping Tickets
• Can Anyone Save USC?
• We Found L.A. Politicians’ Yelp Reviews
• The Strange, Twisted Story of the Frat Troll at UCLA
• I Calculated the Definitive USC Frat Rankings

You can read more about me in Poynter and USC Annenberg Media.

Please direct all tips, inquiries, and hate mail to [email protected] or tomo.213 on Signal.