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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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.
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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.