Student activism Seattle Universities-5 Members of SPU’s Justice Coalition (background) on a visit to the MRC Coalition sit-in. (Photo by Alia Marsha) 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.