Ryan Sabalow is a Digital Democracy reporter for CalMatters. A graduate of Chico State University, he began his career covering local news for small papers in rural northern California. He was an investigative reporter at The Indianapolis Star, and before joining CalMatters, he primarily covered California water and environmental policy at The Sacramento Bee.

Sabalow briefed National Press Foundation fellows in February 2026: Letting AI Lift the Heavy Load in Investigative Reporting.