A family prays after arranging candles at a candlelight event in Iwaki, Fukushima

A family prays after arranging candles at a candlelight event in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture March 10, 2012. The event takes place on the eve of the first-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which killed thousands and set off a nuclear crisis. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN – Tags: ANNIVERSARY DISASTER SOCIETY)

Alex Stonehill

Alex is a cofounder and editor of The Seattle Globalist. He's a visual journalist whose work has been published by PBS, The Seattle Times, FRONTLINE/World and the Seattle Weekly.  Alex teaches journalism in the University of Washington's Department of Communication and recently directed the documentary film Barzan.