Beginning March 1, 2026, Teo Popescu steps into the role of Managing Editor for Nightingale. Succeeding Will Careri, Teo is honored to take up the mantle left behind and ring in a new era of the journal of the Data Visualization Society.
Will Careri served Nightingale as Managing Editor between 2024 – 2026, after holding roles as a contributing writer and member of the core editorial team beginning in 2022. As a writer, he published two of the most-read articles on Nightingale in “Designing for Neurodivergent Audiences” and “The Visual Evolution of the Tommy Westphall Universe.” As Managing Editor, he worked with nearly 150 contributors to produce more than 200 articles. Additionally, throughout his time with the publication, he assisted in the development of three print issues of Nightingale—”Guidelines,” “Emotion,” and “Nature.”
While Will is stepping down from his day-to-day role of Managing Editor, he looks forward to continue being an active editor and contributor in new and similar capacities.
Teo Popescu is no stranger to Nightingale, serving as the Content Editor from 2024 – 2025, primarily responsible for bringing the print edition to life, particularly “Issue 5: Nature.”
Outside of her work with Nightingale, she is the design, graphics and data editor at KUOW Public Radio, Seattle’s local NPR station. Her work includes running KUOW’s Trump legal tracker for the first three months of the administration, visualizing ICE arrest data in Washington state, and contributing to a joint story with ProPublica on Seattle’s potential misuse of shelter funds. Additionally, she teaches multimedia and graphics journalism at UC Berkeley and the University of Washington.
While stepping into the Managing Editor role marks her return to Nightingale, she has spent the past year focusing on launching her new data journalism podcast, “Control F“, where her and her co-host dig deep on a topic and search through research, algorithms, and assumptions to bring listeners insights on how stuff works using data and visualizations.
I’m excited to come back to the Nightingale community. It’s an honor to come back in this way—to take up the mantle Will leaves behind. I’m excited to get to know everyone better and continue to foster a sense of community. I hope that with every article we publish, the love for our craft is evident on the page. It’s what keeps me coming back, and I hope it helps sustain you in these times, too.
Nightingale Editors
Our Nightingale editorial team currently consists of Alejandra Arevalo, Brian Cort, and Teo Popescu. Reach us at Nightingale(at)Datavisualizationsociety.org
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