Author Archives: Tricia Fulks

About Tricia Fulks

Freelance digital journalist trying to figure out how to make it in this biz.

Monday Must-reads, April 1

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Tricia Fulks

“BUCKWILD” star, uncle found dead in vehicle (Charleston Daily Mail) – NOTE: This story is still developing. Princeton mom to female students: ‘Find a husband on campus’ (USA Today) When social media at work don’t create productivity-killing distractions (Bloomberg Businessweek) … Continue reading →

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Monday Must-Reads

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Tricia Fulks

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. A long while. And I’ve been meaning to start something like this – Monday Must-Reads – for a while..since about the new year. But hey, mid-March is close enough, right? Sympathizing with rapists? … Continue reading →

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We Are Here

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Tricia Fulks

Check out the video above to the Kickstarter project by photographer and journalist Ian McClellan. Yet another team working in Appalachia to tell honest stories of the individuals – in this case, women – living there. I just donated a … Continue reading →

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Storytelling in the hands of the people

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Tricia Fulks

It’s been about a month since I’ve been in McDowell County, and I’m itching to go back. But I’m loving the updates that Elaine and the rest of the team are putting out every day, every hour even. One new … Continue reading →

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Down in the “Hollow”

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Tricia Fulks

Sunday and Monday I ventured to McDowell County to help Elaine, project director for Hollow, shoot some material for the interactive documentary. Sunday we filmed a Pentacostal church service at Trinity Temple in Welch. It’s just one of the many churches in the … Continue reading →

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“Hollow” begins

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Tricia Fulks

Since January, I’ve been involved in the planning stages of “Hollow,” an interactive documentary planned to launch on the web in May 2013. The documentary, which will be about the McDowell County, W.Va., community, by the community, will be housed … Continue reading →

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Baby steps: Adjusting the workflow

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Tricia Fulks

Since coming on board at my latest gig as city editor at The Journal in Martinsburg, I’ve been trying to adjust the newsroom staff’s thinking – from traditional daily deadlines to more constant digital ones. Workflow, I knew, was the … Continue reading →

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Digital first: workflow woes

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Tricia Fulks

I’m currently in the process of trying to revamp a very traditional newsroom at the outlet at which I’m currently working. I’m reading posts by Kevin Anderson and Doc Searls and beyond to determine how best to approach bringing very … Continue reading →

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The man who influenced millions

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Tricia Fulks

It isn’t every day that you go into work and see the obituary of someone you love come across the national AP wire. That is exactly what happened Friday evening when I walked into work. I’ve always known how absolutely … Continue reading →

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Inserting iframes into sites

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Tricia Fulks

If you search iframes across the web, it remains a discussion amongst web programmers and designers whether they are good practice or not. Iframes are inline HTML elements that contain the contents of another site, document, etc. In this tutorial, … Continue reading →

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