One of #dctech’s latest and greatest meetups began as a homework study group for journalists.

The DC Data Journalism Meetup was founded this summer by World Bank consultant Flavius Mihaies. The French-born Mihaies sat down with us for a chat outside the Smithsonian Sculpture Garden’s faux-Parisian cafe to explain how a study group turned into a productive meetup, and why a World Bank consultant would want to become a journalist.

The group’s first independent project is about Haitian refugees in the U.S. who left to try crossing the border into Canada, which made headlines this winter when some developed frostbite.

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