Denise Cathey is a multimedia reporter with The Brownsville Herald and the Harlingen Valley Morning Star located in San Benito, Texas.

A native Houstonian, Denise has worked and studied in Texas covering issues from flooding to illegal immigration. She graduated with a Master's degree in Visual Storytelling from the University of Texas at Austin's School of Journalism. Since 2019 she has been a staffer at The Brownsville Herald covering both city, state, and national issues. Previously she worked as the Staff Photographer at the San Marcos Daily Record. She can be found running around Brownsville usually with her dog Bayou, a very large book, and her customary coffee.

Denise's awards include 3rd place TAPME Team Effort 2A (2021), 1st place for TAPME Video Shorter Than Two Minutes 2A (2021), Honorable Mention for TAPME Photojournalism 2A (2021), and 2nd place for TAPME Star Photojournalist of the Year 2A (2021).2nd place for TAPME Team Effort 2A (2020), 2nd place for TAPME Photojournalism 2A (2020), 3rd place and Honorable Mention for TAPME Photo Gallery 2A (2020) and TAPME Star Online Package of the Year 3A (2020). Honorable Mention for TAPME Star Photojournalist (2019), 2nd place for TAPME Video Over Two Minutes 1A (2019), 3rd place for TAPME Feature Photo 1A (2019), two TAPME Honorable Mentions in Photojournalism 1A (2018), the 3rd Place Award for Feature Photography 1A (2017), and 4th place in Photographer's Forum's 38nd Annual Best of High School and College Photography in the College Division (2018).