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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What's in Seattle's budget? Mapping the $8.9 billion spending plan Mayor Harrell leaves for Wilson
The Seattle City Council last week approved Mayor Bruce Harrell’s $9 billion dollar budget for 2026. That means when Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson takes office in January, she and the new City Council will inherit those funding choices. Here’s what to know in the meantime — explained in pizza terms.
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Which employers seek H-1B visa workers in Washington state?
President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the tech industry last month when he issued a proclamation restricting new H-1B visas to applicants whose petitions included a $100,000 payment. Here's what that could mean for Washington state.
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Seattle spent millions on hotel rooms to shelter unhoused people. Then it stopped filling them
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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Under Trump’s ICE, people without criminal history increasingly targeted in WA
On the social media pages for the Seattle Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, scrolling lists of mug shots highlight people with criminal convictions. But these posts don’t reflect a growing pattern of who ICE is taking into custody.
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Here’s where NPR programming is broadcast in WA — and where funding cuts could impact coverage
Congress voted to rescind over $1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), cutting all federal funding for NPR, PBS, and their member stations.
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How Trump's birthright citizenship ban could impact all 50 states
A federal judge has once again blocked President Trump's birthright citizenship ban under a new class-action lawsuit, but the Supreme Court has yet to rule on the merits of the birthright citizenship ban itself. Here's what the ban could mean if allowed to take effect.
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What are your rights as a renter in Seattle? Here are the basics
Rent control has come to Washington state — state lawmakers capped rent hikes at 10% this year — while Seattle councilmembers look to change local tenant laws, so now is a good time for Seattle renters to get a refresher on their rental rights.
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A Seattle doctor was investigated for fertility fraud. The case highlights tension between patient, physician rights
KUOW reviewed hundreds of pages of Washington Medical Commission documents and state legal codes and found a tension the agency faces: balancing a doctor’s right to due process with a patient’s desire for more information about the people they trust with their health care.
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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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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.