Dude check it out!  They wrote a little blurb about me.  Isn’t that cool.  It showed up in the table of contents this month.  I’m honored

Paul Wellman

Joe Bunting

NOT-SO-AVERAGE JOE: When wide-eyed Westmont grad Joe Bunting wandered into The Indy’s offices a few months ago, we thought two things: “He’s so nice” and “Why does he want to work here?” A few assignments later, we realized even nice guys can have a critical eye. And though Joe has only had a small bit of formal training (“I worked on my high school’s paper, but gave it up after the journalism teacher yelled at me for writing an editorial about ‘sophomoritis.’ I thought it was really funny. He thought I was trying to make fun of people.”), his enthusiasm has more than made up for his inexperience. Aside from arts writing – he contributed reviews of Shiny Toy Guns and Improvability (pg. 64) this week – Joe is eager to try his hand at all aspects of reporting. “I really like the idea of being a conduit,” Joe said of the journalistic process. “I take in information, art, music, and people’s stories, and then transcribe them in another form for others. Being a part of the flow of information and story is a powerful experience.”