Powered by a high-flying whirling dervish of creativity, optimism, enthusiasm and energy, Shraddha Swaroop is a constantly erupting volcano of storytelling ideas. Shraddha has been recognized for her work in reporting, editing and design. Those honoring her work include the Society of News Design, Asian American Journalists Association and the Society of Professional Journalists, to name just a few. Her work has appeared in major metropolitan newspaper dailies such as the Los Angeles Times, The Virginian-Pilot, San Jose Mercury News, Orange County Register, San Gabriel Valley Tribune as well as monthly publications like the Orange Coast magazine and Design magazine. She has held seven leadership positions while at The Virginian-Pilot, San Jose Mercury News and in the community in the past two years including the Executive Leadership Program. You can learn more about my leadership roles on my Leadership page.
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News Designer/Illustrator
I have designed all the sections of the newspaper including 1a, sports, local, featues, business, travel, science, perspective, real estate, special sections and picture pages. I have also worked on multimedia projects.
A1 page designer/Wire editor
I designed main-section fronts for the group’s three newspapers. Also, compiled wire budgets and designed wire section.
Copy Editor-Page Designer
I designed pages, edited copy, wrote captions and headlines.
Ventura County Star | 1995 to 1996
Copy Editor
Edited stories, assisted the graphics desk, wrote headlines and captions.
Cal State Fullerton | 1989-1993
B.A. in journalism with minor in political science
Orange Coast College | 1987-1989
A.A. in communications
Designing with Type seminar
Design/Type/Color seminar
2003, 2007, Basic & Intermediate Flash seminars
* Fluent in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Quark Xpress, iWeb, iMovie, iPhoto, DTI, CCI, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint & Excel;
* Familiarity with Flash and Dreamweaver;
* Able to organize large amounts of data, numbers and information in an accessible manner quickly;
* Experience in photography and web design.
Designer/Illustrator
Working as a rotational designer which means I am responsible for 1a, local, business, sports and projects using InDesign and DTI technology. Every shift requires illustration - whether it is vector or photo-based.
Tracy Cox
Deputy art director
San Francisco Chronicle
415-777-6315
Stephanie Pittman
The Virginian-Pilot
Designer | Editor
810-599-4166
Los Angeles Times | Nov. 2008 to present
Features designer/Illustrator
Working as a features designer primarily for an weekly entertainment tabloid called The Envelope which is geared toward the movie industry during awards season. Secondary duties include designing the Image, Home, Arts & Books sections and daily & Sunday Calendar.
