Pigeons in Sringar, India. Training homing pigeons is a popular pastime around the world and is popular with celebrities like Mike Tyson and Queen Elizabeth. (Photo from Flickr by Tanya May)

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.