A favela resident holds a sign with the name of one of the youngest victims of a police incursion into his neighborhood, which resulted in at least 10 deaths overall. (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.