Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House Correspondent for USA TODAY. Before that, she was the National Housing and Economy correspondent for the paper. While on the beat, she won the Newswomen's Club of New York's 2022 Nellie Bly Award for the Best Bylined Front Page Story. During her time as a regional reporter for Gannett newspapers in New York and New Jersey, she developed a specialized beat focused on Women and Power. She received a Best of Gannett Individual Achievement Award for her body of work, a Distinguished Feature Writing Award from the New York News Publishers Association, and an award for Responsible Journalism from the New Jersey Press Association while on the beat. In 2020, she was part of the USA TODAY team that won the Award for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues from the Council on Contemporary Families. Before that, Swapna served on the Editorial Board and covered education for The Journal News/lohud.com. She started her journalism career as a municipal reporter for The Home News Tribune in New Jersey after having spent a semester at the New York Daily News in Manhattan as a general assignment reporter. Born and raised in Mumbai, Swapna received a bachelor's in economics and sociology from St. Xavier's College. She has a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Bombay, and another in journalism from New York University.