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Denise Trowbridge is a freelance writer and photographer who relocated from New Orleans to central Ohio after Hurricane Katrina. She specializes in business and personal finance, New Orleans, travel and shelter magazines.

Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Bankrate.com, AirTrain AirWay's Go Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, and the Columbus Dispatch. Her photography has appeared in Louisiana Homes & Gardens, New Orleans CityLife, and the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette.

Denise is a former insurance and personal finance reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, assistant editor of New Orleans CityLife magazine, and managing editor of New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles magazine.

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Recent Works

National Century Financial Enterprises trial, Stringer, Bloomberg News

Last Resort: Raid 401(k) to Beat Foreclosure, for Bankrate.com

153 Ways to Go Green, Home and Energy sections, for Bankrate.com

Crew Cuts New Orleans, for AirTrain Airways' Go Magazine

Solar power in the roof, not on it, for Bankrate.com

Business and Personal Finance stories

YOU, by the numbers: What businesses know about you and your financial history, for the Columbus Dispatch

Home lenders lifting threshold: Time of easy credit for buyers ends as foreclosures mount, for the Columbus Dispatch

Drivers turn to cash-back credit cards to make the best of high gas prices, for the Columbus Dispatch

Overdrawn accounts become more common as electronic banking, Check 21 law speed transactions, for the Columbus Dispatch

Ohio banks reaching out to Latinos, for the Columbus Dispatch

FDIC presses banks to offer alternatives to payday loans, for the Columbus Dispatch

Is it covered? Many assumptions about home insurance are wrong, for the Columbus Dispatch

Jobs go unfilled despite skilled workforce, for the Columbus Dispatch

Taxpayers OK with fibbing on their filings, study shows, for the Columbus Dispatch

(A more complete history of Denise's news stories can be found on LexisNexis, using an author search)

New Orleans stories

Family-friendly weekend adventures in New Orleans, for New Orleans CityLife

Urban Pioneers and the New Orleans Housing Squeeze, for New Orleans CityLife

A guide to fun, friendly live music venues for New Orleans music fans, for New Orleans CityLife

Sweet Success: The Elmer Candy Company has pleased New Orleans sweet tooths for nearly 150 years, for New Orleans CityLife

The Dr. G.H. Tichenor Antiseptic Company: After 99 years of making mouths tingle, New Orleans’ favorite mouthwash maker is going strong and branching out, for New Orleans CityLife

Innocent, but behind bars: Young New Orleans lawyers are tackling problems in Louisiana's legal system, for New Orleans CityLife

A growing New Orleans record label is giving the city's musicians the personal attention and national recognition they deserve, for New Orleans CityLife

(Click here for a more complete index of New Orleans articles)