Nima Kapadia

2918 Willow Ridge Drive

Garland, TX 75044

(972) 530-1832

nkapadia04@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE : To obtain a position as a human-interest reporter

OVERVIEW: • Creative, efficient, and logical professional
• Six years of interviewing, reporting, and editing experience
• Named Editor-In-Chief of high school and college newspaper
• Strong work ethic, high level of personal integrity and ambition
• Received over 40 academic and journalism awards
• Experienced in Adobe InDesign, Adobe PageMaker, MS Word
and MS Publisher software
• Active participant in campus and community activities

August 2006-Present Southern Methodist University-Dallas, TX

B.A. Journalism with Teacher Certification-
Expected graduation-May 2008
ACADEMIC
May 2004-June 2006 Richland Community College-Dallas, TX

BACKGROUND A.A., Field of Study in Journalism, May 2006

August 2000-May 2004 North Garland High School-Garland, TX

Honor’s Graduate

EXPERIENCE Editor-In-Chief:

• Oversee all facets of production of the print and digital publications

• Conduct staff meetings twice weekly at the predetermined times
• Formulate and assign all articles set to appear in print and online
publications
• Set and enforce year-long deadline schedules
• Responsible for award entries and journalism memberships
• Copy-edit articles and pages for style and grammatical errors
• Interview and select all section editors and staff members
• Responsible for designing pages and the placement of articles

News Editor:

• Formulate news stories
• Assign articles to responsible writers
• Ensure all news stories receive three edits by a writing coach,
editor-in-chief, or faculty adviser
• Fact-check contents of each article
• Responsible for designing the news page by placing stories, photos,
headlines and captions

Journalist:
• Produce news and human-interest articles, editorials, and columns
• Determine appropriate questions and sources for each article
• Meet all deadlines set by a section editor or editor-in-chief
• Ensure articles are proof-read and the corrections are made

WORK January 2005-Present Editor-In-Chief, News Editor

HISTORY The Richland Chronicle Newspaper Staff
Richland College

August 2001-May 2004 Editor-In-Chief, Copy Editor

The Raider Echo Newspaper Staff

North Garland High School

COMMUNITY May 2003 to May 2005 Editor-In-Chief of Parents’ Newsletter
INVOLVEMENT The Achievement Center of Texas

Garland, TX

Produced a monthly newsletter that included upcoming events and
news pertaining to the Achievement Center, by attending parent and
board meetings

May 2004 to January 2005 Special Needs Teacher
The Achievement Center of Texas

Garland, TX

Worked with a group of six to seven students with varying mental and
physical disabilities to ensue their specific goals were met, as listed by
their service care providers. Also prepared lessons to engage students’
participation through music, art, reading, and math activities, while
charting their progress each week

STUDENT
ACTIVITIES Richland College:

January 2005-Present Phi Theta Kappa
Associate Member

January 2006- Present Public Relations and Advertising Club

Associate Member

North Garland High School:

August 2002-May 2004 Principal, Student Advisory Board

Associate Member

May 2002-May 2004 National Beta Club
Associate Member

ACADEMIC Richland College:
AWARDS
• Vice President’s Honor Roll, 2004-2006

• National Dean’s List, 2005

North Garland High School:

• Texas Scholar, 2004
• Who’s Who Among High School Students, 2003

JOURNALISM Dallas Morning News Journalism Day

AWARDS Sponsored by Steve Kenny, Managing Editor of the Quick

April 2004:
•1^st place Features Page Layout
•Most Valuable Staffer
•Judges’ Choice Award

April 2003:
•1st place Headline Writing
•Most Valuable Staffer

April 2002:
•1st place Series/Projects

Barbara Jordan Media Award
Sponsored by the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities

April 2004:

•1^st place “Special Contributions by a Student”

Interscholastic League Press Conference
Sponsored by Randy Vonderheid, former UIL State Journalism Director

April 2004:
•1st place Feature Writing
•Tops in Texas for Feature Writing
-Competed against other 1^st place winners in participating districts,
and received 1^st place overall in Feature Writing
•All State Journalism Staff
-Upon compiling 50 points amassed through local and state writing
competitions, students are named to the staff by Randy Vonderheid

August 2001- August 2004:
•11 “Citation of Superiority” Awards

-Individual awards selected and given by Randy Vonderheid upon
each issue of the paper

UIL District Competition
March 2004:
•2^nd place Editorial Writing
•3^rd place Feature Writing

REFERENCES Matt Hinckley
Instructional Specialist, Journalism and Student Media
Richland College
(972) 238-6067

Brian Bearden

Journalism Professor/ Dallas Morning News Copy Editor
Richland College
(214) 663-4600

Scott Russell
Former Publications Adviser
North Garland High School
(972) 743-9991

Marilynne Serie
Executive Director, Achievement Center of Texas
(972) 414 7700