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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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In some Seattle neighborhoods, driving to work has been replaced by working from home or walking to work, but that trend doesn't hold across the city.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.
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Science
Off the Charts: Boeing was top U.S. manufacturer of missiles and munitions delivered to Israel from 2021-2023
As Seattle students protest Boeing’s ties to Israel, demanding that their schools sever ties with the company, we wondered, what is the extent of Boeing’s connection to Israel? Significant, it turns out.
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Animals
Off the Charts: Seattle's rental market is pet-friendly, except for big dogs
In a city awash in doggos (with two new dog parks coming), finding housing with your furry family members can be challenging—especially if they are large dogs.
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Politics
Off the Charts: Did Seattle defund the police?
In 2020, protests following the police murder of George Floyd started a movement to defund police departments across the U.S. – including Seattle. Four years later, what, if anything, has changed?
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Politics
5 new Seattle City Council members and 1 to go. Let the wrangling begin
Seattle has another opening on the City Council. Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda called it quits this week, leaving her seat empty two years ahead of schedule. The move comes after Mosqueda won a seat on the King County Council last November. Now, the battle to fill her seat – at-large position 8 – begins.
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Politics
Do you agree with your Seattle City Council candidates? This will tell you
The Seattle City Council is almost entirely up for grabs come Election Day, Nov. 7. Seven seats will be decided — and of those, only three have incumbent candidates. Given the new faces, you may wonder, who are these people? Fret not, we can catch you up in less than 10 minutes.