Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine in July, after it was apparently shot down by pro-Russian separatists. (Photo by Jeroen Akkermans)

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.