Tim Meko

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Tim Meko

As spring approaches, the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., and its surrounding areas come into full bloom, bursting into a spectacle of pink and white that draws more than a million visitors every year. But the Tidal Basin isn’t the only place to see cherry blossoms. More than 9,000 cherry trees line streets, parks and other public spaces in D.C., and even more are found outside the city. Here’s where you can find cherry blossoms in D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

Dec 10, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Janice Chen |Bonnie Berkowitz |Tim Meko

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Analysis by Janice Kai Chen, Bonnie Berkowitz and Tim Meko Sorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time. Please try again later. For most U.S. residents, the sun went down earlier on one of the past few days than at any other time of the year. Jarringly early December sunsets are the result of the annual "fall back" from daylight saving time to standard time.

Dec 10, 2024 | flipboard.com | Janice Chen |Bonnie Berkowitz |Tim Meko

4 hours agoExhaustion is understandable after a bitter election, but ignoring what’s happening won’t make it go away. We are a country that stands on the precipice, just six weeks away from swearing in, for the second time, a wannabe “dictator” with ambitions to wildly reshape our democracy. There is a desire …

Nov 15, 2024 | linkedin.com | Tim Meko

When we decided to take on the challenge of creating an epic map of the 2024 presidential election results, we knew we needed to bring a fresh twist to an old idea. We wanted to capture not just the numbers but also show America in a more realistic way—not as a red or blue divided country, but as one that's a lot more purple and mixed than typical election maps tend to show.

Nov 8, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Tim Meko |Aaron Steckelberg |Leslie Shapiro |Adrián Blanco Ramos |Sarah Frostenson

This is a single grain of sand. It represents one vote for former president Donald Trump, who won the 2024 election. More than 144 million people voted, and that number is likely to grow as more ballots are counted. If you were to drop each grain of sand onto a U.S. map in the counties where they were cast, this is what it would look like. In an election that Trump won decisively, it’s hard to see only red or only blue piles of sand.