Maxime Le Lay
About Maxime Le Lay
Maxime Le Lay is a sports journalist currently working at Ouest-France in Chantepie, Bretagne, France. He has extensive experience in sports journalism, having worked at various publications since 2013 and holding degrees in communication and journalism.
Work at Ouest-France
Maxime Le Lay has held multiple positions at Ouest-France, primarily as a Journaliste de sport. His tenure began in 2013 as Secrétaire de rédaction sport, a role he maintained until 2015. He then transitioned to the position of Journaliste de sport, where he worked from 2017 to 2018 for 10 months in Chantepie, Bretagne. He continued in this role in Brest, Bretagne, from 2018 to 2019 for 1 year, and again from 2019 to 2020 for 7 months. After a brief stint in Quimper in 2020 for 2 months, he returned to Chantepie in 2021, where he has been working as a Journaliste de sport for the past 3 years.
Education and Expertise
Maxime Le Lay has a solid educational background in journalism and communication. He studied at Ecole supérieure de journalisme de Lille and completed a program at ESJ Pro Montpellier, achieving a qualification in Journaliste presse écrite / web en alternance from 2017 to 2019. Additionally, he earned a Master’s degree in Communication from Université Rennes 2 in 2017. Prior to that, he completed a Licence in information et communication at the same university from 2013 to 2016. He also holds a BTS Notariat from Institut des métiers du Notariat, Rennes, completed from 2010 to 2012.
Previous Work Experience
Before his current role at Ouest-France, Maxime Le Lay gained experience at various media outlets. He worked as a Journaliste de sport at Le Télégramme for 1 month in 2020 in Brest and at L'Est éclair for 1 month in Romilly-sur-Seine in the same year. He also worked at Presse Océan as a Journaliste de sport for 4 months in Nantes in 2021. His diverse experiences have contributed to his expertise in sports journalism.