Laura Wachs as a baby with her birth mother (left) and her adoptive family (right). Laura Wachs as a baby with her birth mother (left) and her adoptive family (right). 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.