2016 Rio Olympics – Opening ceremony Orcas Island artist Anthony Howe’s olympic cauldron is lit at the opening ceremony on Friday. (Photo from Reuters / Ivan Alvarado) 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.