R.O.O.T.S. picnic- Old Friends Bobbie Stephens and Isaac Ealy look forward to seeing each other at the ROOTS Picnic every year. 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.