Leslie Ovalle
Leslie Ovalle produces the morning newscasts that air during Morning Edition. As a multimedia producer, she also works on visual and digital storytelling. Her interests include immigration, technology and the environment.
Before joining the team, she was a production assistant for NPR’s “All Things Considered” program, where she worked on the weekly “All Tech Considered” segments and produced daily stories.
Leslie also led the “Argentina Project” podcast at the Wilson Center, a non-partisan policy think tank in Washington D.C.
Her journalism career began when she was in college working at Florida International University’s student paper. From there she went on to freelance at the Miami Herald and intern at the South Florida Sun Sentinel and WLRN.
She was awarded a Sunshine State Award for Best News Photo in the student category for her work covering the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting in 2018.
Leslie was raised in Miami and was born in Bogota, Colombia.
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Demand for the under-5 vaccines remains low, and some doctors say a bulk is going to waste. Dr. Brandon Chatani, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, joins WLRN's Sundial to discuss what parents should know. -
This month’s Sundial Book Club title is about Henry Flagler and his dream to build the impossible railroad. -
"Sundial" spoke with South Florida Sun Sentinel reporters Cindy Goodman and Mario Ariza, who worked on the investigation critical of the governor's response to the pandemic. -
A look back at Florida’s election history. 100 years ago, the worst election massacre in the U.S. happened in Central Florida. -
Statues and monuments linked to slavery are being taken down — sometimes forcefully by protesters themselves — across the United States as people... -
Supporters waving campaign signs and a warm cup of Cuban coffee awaited Republican candidate for governor Adam Putnam this afternoon at La Carreta...
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In the aftermath of the massive outpouring of support at the "March for Our Lives " in Washington, D.C., and around the country, South Florida students,...
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Students who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School vowed to make sure that their 17 classmates and teachers did not die in vain.
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Every time it rains, storm water drains throughout South Florida pick up a slick admixture of gasoline, soot, detergent, fertilizers and other...
