Tesfelaise’s self portrait, which won the Congressional Art Competition, and is now on display at the US Capital in Washington DC. (Photo by Coleen McDevitt)

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.