A Thai refugee camp, in the eyes of refugee Klo Philip, part of “Forced to Flee: Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma” at SAM. (Photo by Ana Sofia Knauf)

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.