http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/18/experiment-accept-imperfection-learn-from-failure/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/18/experiment-accept-imperfection-learn-from-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Cheap or free, real world tips to encourage culture change at your news organization | Will Sullivan's website. Journerdism Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:43:33 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1065#comment-762 [...] Alfred Hermida: Experiment, accept imperfection, learn from failure “Here, news organisations can learn from Google - encourage your staff to experiment, try out new projects, and yes, perhaps fail. But think small. Encourage ideas that require little investment in time and resources and might be far from perfect in their first iteration. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel by wasting time and effort on replicating online tools. There are dozens of online resources so use those, rather than creating your own version.” [...] [...] Alfred Hermida: Experiment, accept imperfection, learn from failure “Here, news organisations can learn from Google – encourage your staff to experiment, try out new projects, and yes, perhaps fail. But think small. Encourage ideas that require little investment in time and resources and might be far from perfect in their first iteration. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel by wasting time and effort on replicating online tools. There are dozens of online resources so use those, rather than creating your own version.” [...]

]]> http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/18/experiment-accept-imperfection-learn-from-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Tuesday squibs : Notes from a Teacher Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:51:20 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1065#comment-761 [...] Experiment, accept imperfection, learn from failure. Alfred Hermida’s response to this month’s Carnival of Journalism is a suggestion that too many newsrooms are averse to: experiment even if it could end in failure. Link to the carnival of journalism, and from that a whole bunch of great posts on making simple changes to the newsroom, is here. [...] [...] Experiment, accept imperfection, learn from failure. Alfred Hermida’s response to this month’s Carnival of Journalism is a suggestion that too many newsrooms are averse to: experiment even if it could end in failure. Link to the carnival of journalism, and from that a whole bunch of great posts on making simple changes to the newsroom, is here. [...]

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