Chariton was the first investigative reporter hired by "The Young Turks" network. He was hired to run "The Young Turks Politics" arm of the network, involved largely in on-the-scene reporting rather than reporting from the network's main studio in Culver City, California. He is best known for covering (at the scene) the Flint water crisis, the protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, and the DNC Wikileaks scandal as well as the Podesta emails. He reported on the controversy involving Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile during the 2016 presidential election. He also reported on the water crisis at Cape Fear, North Carolina.