Hope everyone had a good week, hacks and hackers! We have updated the Upcoming Events section with events from March through May. But January and February are as dry as the winter tundra. If you know of an event, share it on email or Twitter!

Discounted tickets now available for newsrewired, the digital journalism and communications conference, 7 March 2018 - save 28% (£50) per ticket! https://t.co/UIR1RFJ6oo pic.twitter.com/OdETnpkcIX

— Journalism.co.uk (@journalismnews) December 4, 2017

Worth a read:

• Live-streaming has, like many of the newer mediums for journalism, opened new doors for transparency but also danger of abuse (New Yorker)
• The repeal of Net Neutrality rules in the U.S. might endanger local news publications, a study from Stanford Law School finds (Poynter)
• The new 140+ characters allowed on Twitter is seriously upping engagement, according to a BuzzFeed analysis (BuzzFeed)

Tweets above 140 characters are being retweeted 26.52 and 50.28 times, on average — nearly double shorter Tweets' engagement.

Nieman Lab followers, show us what you've got! https://t.co/2BiQmo9Vzq

— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) December 8, 2017

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