The first shipment of Combat Flip Flops delivered in Kabul, which failed quality testing and had to be given away for free. (Photo by Jed Conklin)

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.