Fred Marshall and Justin Phillips of Beacon Hill share a meal of tomatoes stuffed with pesto and baked tofu, made from ingredients they found unused in dumpsters. (Photo by Rebecca Randall)

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.