Neha

Gopal

Neha Gopal ad2ij0@r.postjobfree.com

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College Station, TX 77845

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Education A&M Consolidated High School / 4.0 GPA College Station, TX August 2014 - May 2019 Texas A&M University / B.A. Journalism / 3.5 GPA College Station, TX August 2020 - December 2023

● Minors: Neuroscience, Psychology

● College of Arts and Sciences: Department of Communication & Journalism ㅡ

Experience The Daily Dot/ Freedom of Information Act Intern Austin, TX September 2023 - November 2023

● Collaborate with editors to generate FOIA ideas

● Submit weekly FOIA requests and maintain a database

● Build relationships with agency officers

● Report stories based on received documents

● Help journalists file FOIA requests

● Adhere to journalistic standards

Texas A&M University Press / Editorial Assistant College Station, TX October 2021 - October 2023

● Format manuscripts, including proofreading and updating information in a publishing-specific database

● Assist TAMU Press with its day-to-day operations The Battalion / Texas A&M Newspaper/L&A Reporter College Station, TX October 2021 - October 2023

● Periodical article publications and weekly online publications

● Weekly desk meetings and Daily editorial processes

● Conducting interviews for source attributions

The Total Plug Media Outlet / Journalist Austin, TX November 2019 - February 2021

● Published articles in news, entertainment, and politics for startup news media outlet The Total Plug

● Helped triple readership engagement within two years Published novel “10”/ Author College Station, TX 2015 - January 31, 2019

● Publisher: Amazon. ISBN: 978-1-7933-9881-9 (January 2019)

4.6 out of 5 with 85+ Reviews on Amazon

Wrote, edited, proofread and self-published a novel for four to five years (14 to 19 years old)

Self-published novel at 18 years old through Amazon Direct Kindle Publishing

Published by Teenink.com in August of 2021

Honorable mention in the 2019 Family Matters Glimmer Train, among thousands of submission ㅡ

Skills

● Fluent in French and Mauritian Creole

● Editorial: stylistic editing, proofreading, research, copy-editing

● Reporter/ Journalist: news, life and arts, art criticism, opinion, political, feature, breaking news,

● Writing original material: literary, SEO, Book, Blog, Magazine, Reviewing

● Publishing House/ Book Press: manuscript formatting, proofreading, editorial services, reviewing, pitching, agenting submission, and typesetting for scholarly, fiction and nonfiction works.

● FOIA skills: FOIA request processing, adept in electronic systems, well-versed in FOIA regulations ㅡ

Awards &

Publications

● Texas Headliners Foundation Stuart Long Scholarship recipient (2023-2024 academic year)

● Texas A&M Student Media Excellence Scholarship recipient (2023-2024 academic year)

● Texas A&M Audrey Cardenas Fund Scholarship (2022-2023 academic year)

● National Letters About Literature Competition: TX State Winner (2012)

● National Letters About Literature Competition: TX State Finalist (2011)

● Literary piece: Please voted #1 on Teen Ink (Largest National Teen Magazine) (2015)

● National Alliance on Mental Illness (Brazos Valley) Family Volunteer Award (2018)

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