Youth involved in the National Geographic Bee report spending hours looking at globes and maps for fun. (Photo from Flickr by Denise Weerke)

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.