Cranes at the Port of Tacoma’s APM and Olympic Container Terminal’s. 1278 ships called at the Port last year, carrying almost $50 billion in international trade. (Photo by 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.