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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Did Seattle defund the police? Five graphs explain this enduring myth
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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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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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.
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Freeze! Police! What happens when people get caught doing drugs in Seattle?
Now that the dust has settled, what does the city's new drug ordinance mean for people who use drugs in public and others who witness or are otherwise impacted by that use?
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Understanding 'familicide' after Seattle's murder-suicide in Wallingford
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Navigating the maze that rules Olympia (and your life)
How familiar are you with the Washington Legislature? The state's governing body adjourned in April with a new budget and hundreds of policy changes. Find out how bills become laws and what happened during the session in this choose-your-own-adventure experience from KUOW.
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Do you ever wonder how ballots are counted in King County?
Today we’re getting a tour of exactly how your ballot gets counted with Director of King County Elections Julie Wise.
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Roe contra Wade ha sido anulado, ¿que significa el fallo de la Corte Suprema para el estado de Washington?
A raíz de un fallo histórico de la Corte Suprema que anuló la protección federal del derecho al aborto, los estados individuales deben diseñar sus propias leyes relacionadas con el acceso y la atención del aborto. Aquí en el estado de Washington, el aborto sigue siendo legal y está codificado en la ley estatal. Entonces, ¿qué significará la anulación de Roe v. Wade para los habitantes de Washington?
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Life after Roe: What the Supreme Court ruling means for Washington state
In the wake of a historic Supreme Court ruling that struck down federal protection of abortion rights, individual states are left to shape their own laws related to abortion access and care. Here in Washington state, abortion remains legal and codified in state law. So, what will the overturning of Roe v. Wade mean for Washingtonians?
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1 million Covid vaccines sit in freezers as Covid rates climb in Washington state
State health officials say the major sticking point in the vaccine rollout is supply: How many doses the federal government has sent to Washington. But what about the doses here already — that haven’t been given to the millions of Washington state residents yet to get a single shot? At least 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been delivered to providers in Washington state but never reported as having been given to a patient.