Teo Popescu
Design, Graphics, and Data Editor
About
Teo is the KUOW newsroom's design, graphics, and data editor. She manages all data visualizations, graphics, illustrations, and news video projects for kuow.org and Instagram. She also leads design and development for KUOW’s interactive enterprise graphic projects. She specializes in visualizing complex bureaucratic processes and budgets.
In a previous era, she was a state political correspondent and an art director. Outside of work, Teo likes spending time teaching graphics courses or training her dog to fetch — the latter is still a work in progress.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Romanian
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Associations: Board Member, Society of Professional Journalists of Western Washington; Editor, Data Visualization Society
Stories
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Law & Courts
Trump tracker: Washington state's legal challenges to the administration
KUOW has compiled a comprehensive guide to Washington state's responses to the Trump administration.
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Environment
From blubber to bone: How a whale decomposes on land
The story of the Lobby Whale at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
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¿Quienes son los habitantes del estado de Washington que corren peligro de ser deportados? Aquí 5 cosas a tener en cuenta
En su campaña presidecial, Donald Trump, se comprometió a deportar a millones de personas que se encuentran en Estados Unidos sin un estatus legal. Una vez asumido el mando, esta promesa no se dio a esperar.
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Who's at risk of deportation in Washington state? 5 things to know
KUOW looked into who is at risk of deportation in Washington state: how many immigrants are here without legal status, where they immigrated from, what type of jobs they do, and more.
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Environment
How do the Los Angeles fires compare to the Great Seattle Fire? We mapped it out
The Palisades and Eaton fires have burned over 37,830 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. That’s a burn area 300 times larger than that of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
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Politics
Washington voters agree — tax the wealthy
The election dust has settled in Washington state and for the first time in over a decade residents have overwhelmingly voted in favor of taxing the wealthy.
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How to find warmth, electricity, and other storm resources in the Seattle area
This is a developing list of available warming shelters, charging stations, and other resources as windstorms move through the Seattle area leaving thousands without power.
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Arts & Life
Under the bridge: Seattle's renegade raves
Somewhere hidden deep in the snarl of train tracks and warehouses of Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood, there's live music that makes the ground shake. Tucked beneath a bridge is the dusty, gravel lot music lovers whisper about online.
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Elections
What do Democratic, Republican, and Independent Washington state voters think about the 2024 ballot?
After months of hearing from the candidates and the positions for and against initiatives, Washington state voters get to have their say in the November General Election.
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Politics
How city leaders want to patch Seattle's $250 million budget deficit
Seattle leaders have known for years the revenue base for the city’s general fund – largely reliant on regressive tax sources – can’t keep up with increasing costs and demand for services.
