Tuareg people at an annual music festival near Timbuktu that was popular with foreign tourists until the conflict began last year. (Photo by Gina Gleeson)

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.