Maxwell Heroux

Writer @The Leveller

Ottawa, ON, CA

Wrote for The Leveller. Conducting interviews, research, and outreach to ensure a knowledgeable article on complicated political and financial matters.• Worked with editors, operations leads, and more ensuring a prompt release.• Learned journalistic standards, writing styles, and conformed to them to ensure consistency in tone and style with editorial standards.• Attended story meetings, pitching my own concepts for stories as well as brainstorming ideas with other writers, editors, etc.• Worked with an artist to get work commissioned for an article, utilizing art to give a unique perspective and style to the article.• Interviewed over a dozen people for one article, making the hard decisions of what interviews and quotes to use to make an engaging article out of complicated social and political issues.

Carleton University

Bachelor of Arts - BA

St. Matthew High School

OSSD