Indigo yarns in tree- large-9179-4 Yarns dyed with natural indigo hang on a tree at the Jubilee Farm. (Photo by Carolyn Higgins) 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.