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Posted by Amy Gahran 9:40 AM Sep 29, 2006
How Did You Mess Up?

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JD Lasica wants your 'fessups about messups.
My friend and colleague JD Lasica e-mailed me yesterday with a fun open question. With his permission, I'm passing it along to Tidbits readers. He wrote:

"I'm working with Dan Gillmor of the Center for Citizen Media on a Knight Foundation project laying out the principles of citizen journalism.

"One of the articles we're working on is a roundup of journalistic screw-ups -- perhaps the most embarrassing factual mistake you've made in your career, or a funny doozie of a reporting or editing error, or a real humdinger by someone else.

"Anything come to mind? If so, let us know if we can publish it, and if you'd prefer your name used or not. The idea is to point out that even the best professional journalists are human, too. This could help citizen journalists avoid some of the mistakes we've made along the way."

To pass along your anecdotes, e-mail JD Lasica -- or comment below, if you dare...

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