Brea Jones

I am posting the long-awaited pictures of my office.

This is the national headquarters of the Society of Professional Journalists and Sigma Delta Chi Foundation in Indianapolis.

I really work here. This is me in front of the building.

This is me acting silly at my desk. I look important, don’t I?

I hope you all enjoy. I’ll post pictures of my apartment sometime soon.

Just some pictures to show you we’re I’ve been.

I’m starting to plan my trip back to California – if I haven’t told you, I’m applying for jobs in the central valley, and I’ve already had one interview.

If you have any ideas for “must see” stops on the southern route, let me know. My dad, Calvin,

will be coming along for the ride!

I’ve been in Indy for about three weeks now, and I’m doing well. Life at a magazine is a different pace than a newsroom, but the people at SPJ are amazing. It’s a small office – nine people when no interns are present – and everyone seems to get along well.

I live with the other intern, Bridget Thoreson from Marquette University. Neither of us are morning people and we live far enough from the office that we wake up at 6:30 a.m. Needless to say, it’s painful.

But Indy is overall really spread out. This picture is taken at Monument Circle, which is the heart of Indy’s downtown. For a city of 780,000, it feels much smaller most of the time. Even on a sunny day, there weren’t many people hanging out downtown.

One thing Bridget and I have both noticed is there seems to be very little panhandling for this size city. She was raised in Chicago and is used to much more homelessness. I think I saw more panhandlers walking the 10 blocks from my house in Chico to school than I have the whole time I’ve been in Indy.

I’ll try to keep this more up to date now that I’m settling in. I plan to post pictures of my office and my Indy home soon.