Tacoma Police at the Bill of Rights Defense Comittee’s Adopt-a-spot across from the Northwest Detention Center, during a demonstration in 2009. (Photo courtesy Tim Smith)

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.