Mokhtar Belmokhtar, in a still from a video where he claimed responsibility for the attack on a natural gas facility in Algeria that resulted in 37 foreign workers. (Photo via Sahara media)

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.