Laura Northrup - Freelance Writer, Researcher, and Librarian
BLOGGING
THE CONSUMERIST - author page
Highlights:
Domino's Accidentally Gives Away 11,000 Pizzas in Bailout Promotion - 3/31/09
Campusfood's 75 Cent Service Fee Annoys College Students, Restaurant Owners - 4/29/09 [update]
Scammers Advertise Fake Apartments, Want Your Real Credit Information - 5/4/09 [update]
Easy Weight Loss And Free Cash: A Dubious Product Online Marketing Empire Revealed - 5/13/09
Advanta Shuts Down Small Business Credit Card Accounts - 5/18/09 [update, second update]
Wells Fargo Keeps Hanging Up On Your Deaf Grandmother - 6/16/09
Facebook, Where Are You Getting These Crazy Friend Suggestions From? - 6/23/09
Benefit Hopes You Buy More Of Their Defectively Packaged Product - 7/2/09
Seattle Coffee Direct Decides You Need $40 Worth Of Coffee Per Day - 11/7/09
AT&T Customer Service: "New York City Is Not Ready For The iPhone" - 12/27/09
8 Ways To Make Sure Your Complaint Letter Will Be Ignored - 2/3/10
I Owe More Taxes Than I Expected: Should I Hire An Accountant? - 2/19/10
Kmart Posts Amazing Coupon On Internet, Then Forgets Internet Exists - 3/20/10
ALL OVER ALBANY - author page
Highlights:
That George guy really gets around - 3/24/09
Confectionery House - 4/2/09
Mirror Images: spa and salon on a budget - 4/9/09
The Capital Region's first taste of Chipotle - 4/27/09ALBANY TIMES UNION/"THE ADVOCATE" - author page
Highlights:
If one is good, ten must be better! - 9/22/08
The right questions at the right time - 9/28/08
On advertisements - 10/6/08
Spot a mystery shopping scam - 11/13/08
Economic ghost of Thanksgivings past - 11/26/08
The Doctor is in; co-pays are up - 12/17/08
The women’s department: you’re standing in it - 12/18/08
A screw loose in her food - 11/30/08
I’ve seen fire, and I’ve seen snow - 12/23/08
The economic is personal - 1/2/09
Too far off-label - 2/12/09
Circuit City fails at failure - 2/27/09
OTHER WRITING
"New York State Library and Partners Promote Library Outreach to Spanish Speakers." Interface 29:3, Fall 2007.