A man holds a string of Islamic prayer beads while waiting with three of his brothers for a border-bound bus to arrive at Jordan’s Zaatari Refugee Camp to take them back to southern Syria. (Photo by Alisa Reznick)

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.