Residents of “Nova Holanda,” a shantytown in Rio de Janeirno, embrace at a memorial for victims killed in a police incursion. (Photo by Nick Wong)

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.