Teo Popescu
Creative Manager
About
Teo Popescu is the Creative Manager at KUOW. She leads creative strategy and production for KUOW's video and graphic storytelling. She also reports original content for KUOW’s social media channels and has contributed reporting for KUOW web stories. You can see Teo's work on KUOW's Instagram and TikTok pages (coming soon!).
Teo joined KUOW in April 2018 as the Graphic Design Lead. In that role she managed KUOW's podcast brands, provided data visualizations for web stories, and co-managed daily visual posts for KUOW's Instagram account. Prior to KUOW, Teo managed Microsoft's Cloud for Global Good campaign and served as a communications, policy, and design consultant for various government, nonprofit, and private entities. In college, she covered state policy for PubliCola news. In addition, her work has appeared on HBO's Problem Areas and has been featured at the Cannes Young Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Teo is an immigrant from Romania and has lived in Europe, Canada, and both coasts of the U.S. She finds community by learning about an area's history. Because of this upbringing, she strongly believes in a visual, context-driven approach to journalism that is accessible for everyone.
When she's not busy designing, Teo is trying to teach her dog fetch, ice skating, or recording an actual play podcast.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Romanian
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Associations: Society for News Design, Society of Professional Journalists, Ida B. Wells Society
Stories
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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.
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Business
Off the Charts: More people are returning to the office. Is Seattle traffic about to get worse?
Seattle's population has increased by over 15,000 residents since the start of the pandemic, while average commute times have gone down slightly from 28.4 minutes to 25.5 minutes—due in no small part to work-from-home policies.
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Politics
Off the Charts: Kamala's 'brat summer' sparked wave of fresh donors in Washington state
Vice President Kamala Harris made serious waves with a whole new group of Washingtonians this summer—garnering close to $1 million dollars in individual contributions on her first day. Nearly half of that cash came from Washingtonians who hadn't contributed to the Democratic ticket all year, according to newly released data from the Federal Election Commission.
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Health
Off the Charts: Which is louder, the Blue Angels or your headphones?
This weekend Seattle is celebrating Seafair—and that means the Blue Angels will be flying overhead, sparking the yearly debate about noise pollution. Just how loud are the Blue Angels?
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Elections
The Gotta-go-Joe to Pro-Joe meter: Washington state edition
Politicians and political donors spoke up last week about whether they believe President Joe Biden should stay in the race.
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Food
Off the Charts: Hosting a (small) Fourth of July barbecue could set you back almost $200 this year
KUOW pulled prices for various barbecue staples from four grocery stores within city limits (two Safeways and two QFCs) and averaged them together to get a better sense of barbecue costs this summer.
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Off the Charts: Downtown Seattle is working from home. What about your neighborhood?
In some Seattle neighborhoods, driving to work has been replaced by working from home or walking to work, but that trend doesn't hold across the city.
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Politics
Off the Charts: 87% of Washington voters say child care is a priority
A new poll shows child care concerns transcend political and regional boundaries in Washington state.
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Education
Mapped: Shootings around Seattle's Garfield High School this year
In the last year, there have been at least six shootings in and around Garfield High School in Seattle's Central District.
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Economy
Off the Charts: Seattle is the priciest tourist city in the U.S. Should you go to Portland instead?
KUOW compared tourist must-haves in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver to find the most affordable city for tourists looking to get that Pacific Northwest experience this summer.