Founders

Truth Computing Media was co-founded by Mark Yesubalen Torre, Matthew Darshan Torre, and Yuri Waugh.

Mark Yesubalen Torre

Co-founder, Journalism & Production

UCLA

Mark Yesubalen Torre is a co-founder of Truth Computing Media, where he leads field reporting and production. A UCLA graduate, Mark has spent years reporting from the ground in Southern California: covering immigration enforcement and protest movements, documenting the Pacific Palisades fire and the Clay Fire in Jurupa Valley as they unfolded, and following the slower-moving story of urban development across the Inland Empire and beyond. His work sits at the intersection of documentary filmmaking and visual journalism — shooting, producing, and distributing stories built on primary footage and firsthand observation rather than secondhand accounts. Before co-founding Truth Computing Media, Mark built an audience through independent visual journalism and social distribution, developing a practice of getting to the scene, documenting what is actually there, and letting audiences see it for themselves.

Beats

Immigration
Protests & civil demonstrations
Pacific Palisades fire coverage
Clay Fire (Jurupa Valley)
Southern California communities
Urban development & cities
Documentary production

Experience

B.A., UCLAMark studied at UCLA before moving into independent field reporting and documentary production.
Co-founder, Truth Computing Media (2023–present)Mark co-founded Truth Computing Media and leads field reporting and production.
Chief Media Officer, A congressional campaign — ~1M+ impressionsMark previously worked as Chief Media Officer on a congressional campaign, prior to Truth Computing Media. This is Mark's prior work, not a Truth Computing Media metric, and is not combined into any Truth Computing Media audience figure.
Chief Videographer, Clean Power AllianceMark previously worked with Clean Power Alliance as Chief Videographer.
Media content work, City of Los Angeles Controller's OfficeMark previously worked with the City of Los Angeles Controller's Office producing media content.
Operational leadership, UPSMark previously held operational leadership responsibilities at UPS.
Officer Candidate, United States Marine CorpsMark previously participated in the Marine Officer Candidate program.

Matthew Torre

Co-founder, Business & Technology

Technology Journalist, Technology desk

Stanford University (Computer Science)

Matthew Torre is a co-founder of Truth Computing Media, where he leads technology and editorial systems: the research tooling, data pipelines, and publishing infrastructure that support the newsroom's reporting. A Stanford Computer Science graduate, Matthew is also the co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Truth Computing, an applied-AI company — a separate organization from Truth Computing Media, though the two share an origin and a founding team. His work on the Media side focuses on the technical and research backbone of independent journalism: verifying sourcing and evidence, building the systems editors use to manage stories, and applying data and research methods to explainer and investigative work. He also brings prior experience in independent media production. Matthew's role is deliberately distinct from Mark's: where Mark reports from the field, Matthew builds the systems that make that reporting reliable, verifiable, and repeatable. He is also the publication's Technology Journalist, writing reporting, analysis, and essays for the Technology desk on artificial intelligence, computer science, software engineering, systems, and technical learning.

Beats

Artificial intelligence & machine learning
Computer science & software engineering
Systems & technical learning
Technology economics & leadership
Editorial systems & infrastructure
Data & research methods
AI/ML applied to reporting workflows
Explainers (data, maps, timelines)
Source verification & evidence tooling

Truth Computing (co-founder, CEO & CTO) — a separate applied-AI company

Experience

B.S., Computer Science, Stanford UniversityMatthew studied computer science at Stanford before co-founding Truth Computing Media.
Co-founder, CEO & CTO, Truth Computing (2023–present)Matthew is also co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Truth Computing — a separate applied-AI company from Truth Computing Media, though the two share an origin and founding team.
Co-founder, Technology Journalism & Editorial Systems, Truth Computing Media (2023–present)Matthew co-founded Truth Computing Media, writes for its Technology desk, and leads the technology and editorial systems behind the newsroom — research tooling, data pipelines, and publishing infrastructure.

Writing published elsewhere

Papers, essays, and notes Matthew has published on matthewtorre.com. They sit outside Truth Computing Media's editorial process.

Papers