[3] Malone was the Massachusetts state champion and second-place national winner in the 1990 American Legion High School Oratorical Competition.
From 2007-2009, Malone was an associate editor at America, where he covered U.S. politics and foreign affairs and oversaw the first re-design of the magazine[7] in more than a decade.
During his tenure, he developed and implemented a strategic plan for transforming the weekly print magazine into a multi-platform media company.
Malone leveraged the equity in the organization’s headquarters building[8] in Manhattan to invest in new technology, hire staff members and redesign the magazine and website.
[9] During Malone’s tenure, in conjunction with a number of Jesuit journals throughout the world, America published the first interview with Pope Francis.
He has provided commentary for NBC Nightly News,[21] Hardball with Chris Matthews,[22] Morning Joe,[22] the BBC, NPR,[23] the PBS NewsHour[24] and the Charlie Rose Show.
He is the author of “Catholiques Sans Etiquette” (Catholics Without Labels), a book concerning the church and politics, which was published by Salvator Press in Paris.
[29] In late 2024, Malone announced that he would exit the Society of Jesus and petition to be dispensed from the obligations of Catholic holy orders.
In 2018 he was the presiding chaplain at the memorial service to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery.