Tim Meko
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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SeniorTim Meko is a visual journalism leader with 11+ years of experience directing data visualization and graphics at top newsrooms and research institutions, most recently joining OpenAI’s intelligence and investigations team after an eight-year tenure as Deputy Director of Graphics at The Washington Post. He combines hands-on reporting, cartography, and design with editorial judgment under pressure, routinely shaping visual standards and stepping in on high-risk, time-sensitive projects. Tim builds and mentors teams (roughly 25 people at Post) while driving responsible adoption of AI tools to speed workflows without surrendering human accountability. His work emphasizes clarity and defensibility—making data visualization easier to use and harder to misuse—and he has a track record of developing standards and systems that scale across newsrooms and research organizations. Based in Washington, D.C., he brings both practical craft (from freelancing to newsroom leadership) and academic training in visual communication to complex investigative storytelling.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
qgis6
data-visualization5
gis4
jquery4
bootstrap4
python3
react2
vector-tiles1
geographical-information-system1
visualization1
mapbox-vector-tile1
mbtiles1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
timmeko/timmeko
Apr 2015 - Sep 2025
Contributions:55 pushes, 3 branches in 10 years 6 months
timmeko/development
Sep 2015 - Apr 2026
Contributions:33 pushes, 3 branches in 10 years 8 months
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