Nick Jerkovich Jr of Gig Harbor works on a seine net for salmon fishing in an archive photo from 1973. (Photo from National Archives/EPA)

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.