A color photo of Marie Louise "Marlo" Leone, a white woman with dark hair and glasses. She's wearing a dark suit jacket and standing with one hand on her hip, looking over her shoulder.

I'm a multimedia journalist, writer and audio producer. I was a part of the '23-'24 Journalism M.S. cohort at the University of Southern California, and I was an executive producer, director and reporter for Annenberg Radio News.I also participated in The Climate Newsroom for the summer 2026 session, learning about climate reporting; in 2026, I took an investigative journalism course at Laney College in Oakland, CA.I've been a freelancer in the San Francisco Bay Area and a contributor for Asahi Shimbun America SF. At Seton Hall University in New Jersey, I was a managing editor, reporter and photographer for The Setonian, SHU's award-winning student newspaper. At WSOU 89.5FM, I was part of the radio production team.In the last few years, I've written and voiced stories about protests on college campuses, the state electoral process, gender bias in sports and more. Currently, I'm a freelance multimedia journalist with a focus on print and audio news.