An artisan paints an umbrella at a factory outside Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Photo by Marat Garafutdinov) An artisan paints an umbrella at a factory outside Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Photo by Marat Garafutdinov) Alex Stonehill 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.