UNews - freelance journalist /unews/position/freelance-journalist en Flohr uses U of L foundation as a springboard /unews/article/flohr-uses-u-l-foundation-springboard <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-7888cea3f3d7d488a78eca007e0a62f0"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">December 21, 2010</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge alumnus Lee Flohr (BSc '07) took what he called the trip of a lifetime recently to Shanghai, China, rubbing elbows with world-class science journalists and high-profile, Nobel prize winning scientists from Britain and China.</p> <p>Flohr is a former Lethbridge resident who recently graduated from Humber College's post-graduate broadcast journalism program. He now lives and works in Toronto as a freelance journalist. His work has appeared on Discovery Channel's <a href="http://www.discoverychannel.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=13287" rel="nofollow">Daily Planet</a>, where he contributed to the Science News and Weird Planet program segments.</p><p>Flohr was one of two North American science writers to attend a conference on climate change and environmental issues supported by the British Council, a not-for profit organization that promotes the United Kingdom's cultural relations and educational opportunities to a worldwide audience.</p><p><div class="image-caption-container" style="width:500px;"><img src="/unews/sites/default/files/main/articles/flohr.jpg" alt="Lee Flohr" title="Alumnus Lee Flohr in Shanghai, China, while attending a climate change conference."><div class="image-caption">Alumnus Lee Flohr in Shanghai, China, while attending a climate change conference.</div></div></p> <p>Through a competition promoted by the <a href="http://www.sciencewriters.ca/" rel="nofollow">Canadian Science Writers' Association</a>, Flohr and <a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/" rel="nofollow">Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Calgary</a> PhD alumnus Alyson Kenward, were able to meet colleagues from more than 20 countries, spend time at the British pavilion in Shanghai and take a number of trips to nearby cities to see examples of green urban planning.</p> <p>Flohr says the one theme that cut across the groups in attendance was perception.</p> <p>"We all have a really bad perception of what other countries are doing. China, for example, is generally painted by North American media as thwarting climate change," he says. "But when you speak to the researchers and see what they are concerned about and working on, they are doing a lot."</p> <p>Flohr comes by his curiosity honestly, and refined it in Hepler Hall as a student researcher.</p> <p>"I did three independent studies projects with <a href="http://people.uleth.ca/%7Eolga.kovalchuk/" rel="nofollow">Dr. Olga Kovalchuk</a> – and learned from <a href="http://zapp.uleth.ca/Applications/CampusDirec/users/igor.kovalchuk" rel="nofollow">Dr. Igor Kovalcuk</a> too – and because they are doing such current research, the work I did with them is directly applicable to what I am doing now," says Flohr. "It was a fantastic opportunity, and really helped set the stage for working in the science journalism field."</p> <p>Among the projects Flohr worked on in Kovalchuk's lab was the testing of a common weed, plantago major, for its reputed medicinal properties.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-city-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">City:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/city/toronto" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Toronto</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/city/shanghai" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Shanghai</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-facility-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Facility:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/facility/hepler-hall" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Hepler Hall</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/facility/humber-college" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Humber College</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-naturalfeature-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">NaturalFeature:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/natural-feature/discovery-channel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Discovery Channel</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/university-calgary-phd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Calgary PhD</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/british-council" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">British Council</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/humber-college" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Humber College</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/university-lethbridge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/canadian-science-writers-association" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Canadian Science Writers&#039; Association</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/alyson-kenward" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alyson Kenward</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/lee-flohr" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Lee Flohr</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/igor-kovalcuk" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Igor Kovalcuk</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/olga-kovalchuk" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Olga Kovalchuk</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-position-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Position:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/position/researcher" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">researcher</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/position/freelance-journalist" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">freelance journalist</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-publishedmedium-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">PublishedMedium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/published-medium/science-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">the Science News</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/published-medium/daily-planet" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Daily Planet</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="Flohr uses U of L foundation as a springboard" class="rdf-meta"></span> Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:45:56 +0000 trevor.kenney 3407 at /unews Flohr uses U of L foundation as a springboard /unews/article/flohr-uses-u-l-foundation-springboard-0 <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-654b2bed785cfcd8f4977b37e9f4023d"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">September 15, 2010</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge alumnus Lee Flohr (BSc '07) took what he called the trip of a lifetime recently to Shanghai, China, rubbing elbows with world-class science journalists and high-profile, Nobel prize winning scientists from Britain and China.</p> <p>Flohr is a former Lethbridge resident who recently graduated from Humber College's post-graduate broadcast journalism program. He now lives and works in Toronto as a freelance journalist. His work has appeared on Discovery Channel's <a href="http://www.discoverychannel.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=13287" rel="nofollow">Daily Planet</a>, where he contributed to the Science News and Weird Planet program segments.</p> <p>Flohr was one of two North American science writers to attend a conference on climate change and environmental issues supported by the British Council, a not-for profit organization that promotes the United Kingdom's cultural relations and educational opportunities to a worldwide audience.</p> <p>Through a competition promoted by the <a href="http://www.sciencewriters.ca/" rel="nofollow">Canadian Science Writers' Association</a>, Flohr and <a href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/" rel="nofollow">Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Calgary</a> PhD alumnus Alyson Kenward, were able to meet colleagues from more than 20 countries, spend time at the British pavilion in Shanghai and take a number of trips to nearby cities to see examples of green urban planning.</p> <p>Flohr says the one theme that cut across the groups in attendance was perception.</p> <p>"We all have a really bad perception of what other countries are doing. China, for example, is generally painted by North American media as thwarting climate change," he says. "But when you speak to the researchers and see what they are concerned about and working on, they are doing a lot."</p> <p>Flohr comes by his curiosity honestly, and refined it in Hepler Hall as a student researcher.</p> <p>"I did three independent studies projects with <a href="http://people.uleth.ca/~olga.kovalchuk/" rel="nofollow">Dr. Olga Kovalchuk</a> &ndash; and learned from <a href="http://zapp.uleth.ca/Applications/CampusDirec/users/igor.kovalchuk" rel="nofollow">Dr. Igor Kovalcuk</a> too &ndash; and because they are doing such current research, the work I did with them is directly applicable to what I am doing now," says Flohr. "It was a fantastic opportunity, and really helped set the stage for working in the science journalism field."</p> <p>Among the projects Flohr worked on in Kovalchuk's lab was the testing of a common weed, plantago major, for its reputed medicinal properties.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-city-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">City:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/city/toronto" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Toronto</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/city/shanghai" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Shanghai</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-facility-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Facility:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/facility/hepler-hall" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Hepler Hall</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/facility/humber-college" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Humber College</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-naturalfeature-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">NaturalFeature:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/natural-feature/discovery-channel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Discovery Channel</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/university-calgary-phd" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Calgary PhD</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/british-council" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">British Council</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/humber-college" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Humber College</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/university-lethbridge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Lethbridge</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/canadian-science-writers-association" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Canadian Science Writers&#039; Association</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/alyson-kenward" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alyson Kenward</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/lee-flohr" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Lee Flohr</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/igor-kovalcuk" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Igor Kovalcuk</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/olga-kovalchuk" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Olga Kovalchuk</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-position-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Position:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/position/researcher" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">researcher</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/position/freelance-journalist" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">freelance journalist</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-publishedmedium-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">PublishedMedium:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/published-medium/science-news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">the Science News</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/published-medium/daily-planet" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Daily Planet</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="Flohr uses U of L foundation as a springboard" class="rdf-meta"></span> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:46:27 +0000 trevor.kenney 4304 at /unews