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The Poynter Institute
5/7/2026
In this Duke journalism class, failure was part of the assignment. It led to real AI tools for local news.

In this Duke journalism class, failure was part of the assignment. It led to real AI tools for local news.

Short summary

Duke University's journalism course transformed failure into a learning asset, making students comfortable with experimentation. Students built real, functional AI tools for local news through iterative learning. The model shows how failure-driven pedagogy accelerates AI adoption in traditionally risk-averse media environments.

  • •Course reframes failure as essential to learning AI
  • •Students delivered real AI tools to newsrooms
  • •Model demonstrates promise for industry adoption

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.

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