【就活支援ゼミ】来春 21人が記者に 「報道実務家フォーラム」と共催=新崎盛吾(新聞労連元委員長、共同通信記者)

3 weeks 3 days ago
                       記者志望の学生の就職活動を支援する「就活支援ゼミ」が、今期の活動を終えつつある。JCJとしては2年目の取り組みで、今期からは「報道実務家フォーラム」との共催となった。 昨年9月からゼミ生の募集を始め、11月から約30人の学生を3班に分けて作文やエントリーシートの書き方、模擬面接などを毎月指導。その合間に、学生同士のオンラインによる自主ゼミも、毎週のように開かれた。 昨年まで講師は私だけだったが、今期は「報道実務家フォーラム」から毎..
JCJ

The truth about the shadowy ‘Migration 5’

3 weeks 3 days ago

"The extent and secrecy of the network concerns Chris Jones, director of UK civil liberties organisation Statewatch. Jones says people may feel their unblemished travel and police records leave them unaffected, but that’s not the case.  

“Biometric data is counted as a sensitive category of personal data, it merits high levels of protection. There needs to be great justification as to when organisations can collect it, and when they can share it,” Jones says. 

“We're not just going to be talking about terrorists and criminals here, there's all sorts of people will be caught up in that - people who need protection, people who want to see their families, people who just want to visit the country and for some reason they are deemed suspicious. 

“They are systems that won't do what's intended and don’t really comply with the rule of law as we understand it, because they turn everyone into a suspect.” 

People may never find out their visa rejection was based on a data error by a country they once visited, he says. Mistakes, over-reach of states and breaches through tech failures or hacking are all worrying possibilities and loss of privacy a very real consequence. 

“It doesn't matter if you have never done anything wrong, and you supposedly have nothing to fear. The only thing I ever say to that argument is: ‘Why do you have curtains on your house?’  

“It's a question of what should your own government be allowed to know about you? And then, what should a foreign government be allowed to know about you? And even if those things are justified, why is all this not publicly clear and known and out in the open and vetted by your elected representatives?”"

Full story here.

Statewatch

[B] 屋台の廃油から航空燃料が生まれる?! 停滞のタイ経済を救うのか 宇崎 真

3 weeks 4 days ago
このところタイの首都バンコクのストリートフードの屋台が活況を呈してきた。大衆食の揚げ物に欠かせない食用油はさんざん使った後は捨てていた。その廃油が売れるようになったのだ。業者がせっせと買取りにやってきてくれる。シーロム通りで鶏唐揚げ、ロティ(スイーツの一種)、バナナの揚げ物、揚げパン、ドーナツ等の屋台通りにも大手のエネルギー企業バンチャック社が廃油を求めてやってくる。
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