Local residents comfort each others during an earthquake in central Kathmandu Local residents comfort each others during an earthquake in central Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2015. (Photo from REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha) Facebook0Twitteremail Alex Stonehill 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.