The Ethiopian-American owned Rainier Mini Mart showed their 12th man spirit during the NFC Championship by laying out a 49ers jacket in their doorway… and later burning it. (Photo by Colleen 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.