{"id":38,"date":"2026-03-29T00:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/16.52.69.107\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:04:43","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"38\" class=\"elementor elementor-38\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e07416a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e07416a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98c212 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"d98c212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll_mobile&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"228114962\" aria-label=\"Tabs. Open items with Enter or Space, close with Escape and navigate using the Arrow keys.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149621\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149621\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-2281149621\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tAbout Me\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149622\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149622\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-2281149622\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tPrevious Work\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149623\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149623\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-2281149623\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tServices\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149624\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149624\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-2281149624\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tContact\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-2281149621\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149621\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-da8e4e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da8e4e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62818d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62818d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b3d8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9b3d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/default-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-72\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737d907 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"737d907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;Good afternoon, I\u2019m Martin Halek.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c01aa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25c01aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Small-town radio listeners across the country have heard that intro more times than I can count. Bringing great relief to an area roughly the size of Belgium, I have since moved back to the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>I\u2019m currently based in Ottawa pursuing a Master of Journalism at Carleton University. This is not to be confused with when I was based in Ottawa pursuing a Bachelor of Journalism at Carleton University.<\/p><p>Since graduating (with distinction!) in 2020, most of my journalism work has involved covering rural Ontario for Vista Radio.<\/p><p>Aside from the usual mountain of felony, fire, and fundraiser stories, some highlights include: the years-long saga of a single public washroom, a century-old turtle gone missing, and fringe candidate duty for elections at all three levels of government. Somewhere in there, they started trusting me to write national news.<\/p><p>My favourite stories involve science, technology, and the environment\u2014particularly species and habitats at risk\u2014as well as man-made horrors beyond my comprehension (near-future technology). Some of those stories have been featured on the CBC.<\/p><p>When I\u2019m not behind a microphone, you can find me in the kitchen, out on a trail or waterway, tinkering at my desk, or absorbing as much fiction as my brain can handle. A proud fourth-culture child (mutt), I split my time between Ottawa, Toronto, and any country willing to let me in on a tourist visa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-2281149622\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149622\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-99b5189 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"99b5189\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f774929 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f774929\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca3788a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca3788a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past Work<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c675db1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c675db1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/martin-halek\/articles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MUCK RACK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af8fa2 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7af8fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;none&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 24 24&#039; fill=&#039;black&#039; stroke=&#039;none&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M24,8v12H0V8H24z M24,4v1H0V4H24z&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd2c8f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fd2c8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5293b1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5293b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CBC<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2250da4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2250da4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/author\/martin-halek-1.7463356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author Page<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6486a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6486a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf916a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bf916a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/what-on-earth-1.7619290\" target=\"_blank\">Fewer loons on your lake? 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae813b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae813b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9976a0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9976a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/rural-township-sets-limits-on-virtual-council-meetings-but-not-remote-work-1.7470662\" target=\"_blank\">Rural township sets limits on virtual council meetings, but not remote 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elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/jean-michel-m%C3%A9nard-reflects-on-family-retirement-ahead-of-return-to-brier-1.7471860\" target=\"_blank\">Jean-Michel M\u00e9nard reflects on family, retirement ahead of return to Brier<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936ea6c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"936ea6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/jean-michel-m%C3%A9nard-reflects-on-family-retirement-ahead-of-return-to-brier-1.7471860\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CBC-Menard.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-343\" alt=\"\" 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymuskokanow.com\/112204\/news\/tie-a-yellow-ribbon-round-the-ole-milkweed-huntsville-begins-yearly-roadside-mowing\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vista-Yellow-Ribbon.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-384\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dfbd12 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dfbd12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MyMuskokaNow [July 2, 2021]<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-769a4b4 elementor-widget 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Huntsville<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64cc5e2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64cc5e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymuskokanow.com\/112430\/news\/55-year-old-man-walking-to-vancouver-passes-through-huntsville\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vista-Bitton.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-366\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b5464 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77b5464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MyMuskokaNow [July 14, 2021]<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd90596 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd90596\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-2281149623\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-2281149623\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-b4204c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b4204c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603cf9f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"603cf9f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b77fc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b77fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Services I offer:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-750aab8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"750aab8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f72d55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10f72d55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66da657e elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"66da657e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/News.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-287\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Feature and news writing<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Crafting compelling, well-researched articles that bring news and science stories to life.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208e0f40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"208e0f40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54f33611 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"54f33611\" 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elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"761ad57f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Packaging.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-296\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Audio gathering and packaging<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Capturing high-quality field or home recordings and packaging them for any use case you can think of.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50a05c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b50a05c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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attention.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad99b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ad99b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb07eb8 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"fb07eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mhalek.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Adobe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-289\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Other services<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">If you don't see what you need listed, reach out! 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