MaryLou Costa is a freelance feature writer based in Essex, UK. She writes primarily for national news outlets including The Telegraph, The I, BBC, Business Insider and The Sun, as well as specialist business magazines. She focuses on work, careers, business innovation and leadership, and where AI intersects with those. She also covers lifestyle and human interest topics like travel, parenting, wellbeing and social good. MaryLou has also been published in CNBC, The Independent, Grazia, Fast Company, Fodor's, Metro, Women’s Health, Red Magazine, Refinery29, Stylist and others.