An impromptu tent city that sprung up following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. (Photo by UN Photo/Logan Abassi via Wikimedia Commons)

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.