Protests at Westlake Park on November 24th, the day the grand jury handed down the decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Jama Abdirahman)

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.