About Rosa
Rosa Flores is a television journalist who has contributed news reports at the national, state and local levels. Presently, she anchors the 4pm newscast at WBRZ, the ABC affiliate in Baton Rouge. She also prepares news reports for other News2 Louisiana newscasts. Before moving to the capital city she covered enterprise and breaking news stories at WDSU-TV, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is also the author of Progreso, a history book about her hometown. Rosa is currently working on several fiction books, including a middle grade novel. Her memoir was featured in a book published to celebrate The University of Texas, McCombs School of Business Accounting Department and its 100 years of history.
In 2005 she joined KWTV in Oklahoma City. Rosa covered breaking news stories from the ground and from the air using a helicopter. Covering weather in tornado alley gave Rosa tremendous exposure. Her reports appeared on CNN, The Weather Channel and CBS National Radio. Less than three years later she joined KHOU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston, Texas.
In 2008 Rosa created a motivational talk show for teenage girls. Her inspirational message touched the lives of teens in Texas and Oklahoma. One of her shows empowered students to conduct a food drive, gather about 1,000 pounds of food and deliver the items gathered to indigent Oklahoma families. She has also made dozens of public appearances at schools, juvenile centers, churches and before professional groups.
Rosa completed her undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned a Bachelor’s in Broadcast Journalism, a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a Master’s in Accounting. She worked for accounting firm KPMG for two years and received the firms national award for community service.
In 2012 RTDNA awarded Rosa the Michele Clark Fellowship. Clark was a CBS correspondent. In the 1970s she died in a plane crash while on assignment. Rosa was also nominated for a Suncoast Emmy for her work on lead contamination in New Orleans. She was one of ten journalists selected to participate in the Science Immersion Workshop hosted by the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting. In 2011 Rosa was selected to participate in the Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution and for the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting Oil Spill Seminar.
For eight years, starting in 2001, Rosa personally organized and delivered thousands of pounds of food to communities in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico. During 2005 and 2006, Larry Jones, the founder of Feed the Children donated 34,000 pounds of food to the project.
Rosa is also an avid photographer. She documents her travels with pictures and is working on several abstract photo essays, including a compilation of Louisiana sunrises.
Rosa Flores is a television journalist who has contributed news reports at the national, state and local levels. Presently, she anchors the 4pm newscast at WBRZ, the ABC affiliate in Baton Rouge. She also prepares news reports for other News2 Louisiana newscasts. Before moving to the capital city she covered enterprise and breaking news stories at WDSU-TV, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, Lou...
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