Selam Zecharias, an intern at Facebook’s Seattle office, is interviewed in the office “hot tub,” About one percent of Facebook employees are African-American. (Photo by Ken Lamber / The Seattle Times)

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.