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Hacks/Hackers Montreal braves the cold of Canada for Pandas

We’re midway through the coldest months – unless, of course, you live on the southern hemisphere – and techs and reporters are burrowing into projects or warm coats, or both. Montreal, who we featured in October, met for a Pandas and D3 party last week. Check out the group spotlight for how organizers in Quebec have been experimenting with their events.

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Roberto Rocha, one of the organizers of Hacks/Hackers Montreal, said the group has been experimenting with meetup formats in order to make it easiest on organizers.

“We’re still figuring out the best way to organize events, if it’s by delegating tasks, or letting organizers do things their way. We’re also experimenting with the format: short presentations followed by netowrking time, or workshops/demos. No major conclusions to share so far… But we always get 20-30 people at our events, which is pretty good.”

Worth a read:

  • Journalists are being arrested more and more in Latin America and the rest of the world (Knight Center)
  • One step Facebook is taking toward news transparency is funneling alleged fake news sites through fact checkers like Snopes and Politifact (NiemanLab)
  • Matt Waite also wrote for NiemanLab about how the media itself needs to stop denying it’s part of the problem (NiemanLab)
  • The NYT is the latest organization to open a tips page to enable secure communication with sources (NYTimes)

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