A Land Use Action notice at Columbia City for the property on 4525 Rainier Avenue South, one of three adjacent new constructions projects underway. (Photo by Goorish Wibneh)

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.