Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is the national Housing and Economy Correspondent for USA TODAY. She is the winner of the Newswomen's Club of New York's 2022 Nellie Bly Award for the Best Bylined Front Page Story. In her previous role, she worked as a regional reporter for Gannett newspapers in New York and New Jersey where she developed a specialized beat focused on Women and Power. During her time on the beat, 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. 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 two master’s degrees, one in sociology from the University of Bombay, and another in journalism from New York University. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Sanjay, and they have two college-age children.