Deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban Wali-ur Rehman (center) was killed along with five other militants by a US drone strike last week. (Photo from REUTERS)

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.