Category Archives: Lets Talk Media

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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Remembering Jobs

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Tricia Fulks

I put this Storify story together on my MacBook Pro. Rest in Peace, Jobs. [View the story "A world remembers..." on Storify]

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Nat Geo: Some flukes, but an overall beautiful story

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Tricia Fulks

I applaud National Geographic for telling the 9/11 10th anniversary differently than most news media outlets did. Many stories followed families who lost loved ones. Others asked the question, “Where were you on that day 10 years ago?” It got … Continue reading →

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Data journalism innovation here to stay…

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Tricia Fulks

…At least for a while. That’s how I’ve decided I need to look at any trend in this industry. You never know when the tide is going to turn yet again. But the Knight Digital Media Center recognized the significance … Continue reading →

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Data visualization for your publication

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Tricia Fulks

Tracy Boyer, Innovative Interactivity‘s founder and managing editor, wrote a post earlier this week praising The Washington Post’s most recent data visualization on mapping history. Post cartographer Gene Thorp successfully mapped Civil War casualties using Google Map API and a … Continue reading →

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My Takeaways: “What Would Google Do?”

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Tricia Fulks

Jeff Jarvis‘ (@jeffjarvis) “What Would Google Do?” is a book, despite its two-year -old copyright, remains relevant today. I was afraid upon choosing it for a 2011 class that the ideas outlined in Jarvis’ book were going to be dated. … Continue reading →

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Neighbors: The new curators of hyperlocal news

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Tricia Fulks

Jessica Roy, from Mediabistro’s 10,000 Words, pegged EveryBlock’s recent redesign as being the future in hyperlocal media ventures. Media had such an innovative year in 2010, and “hyperlocal” is now becoming a more ubiquitous word across the country since legacy names like … Continue reading →

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