Rosa Flores

BROADCAST JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

WDSU-TV 6 News NBC Affiliate, New Orleans, LA April 2010 to Present
Reporter
• Covered President Barack Obama’s visits to Louisiana during the oil spill
• Daily live reports from along Coastal Louisiana and Mississippi
• Enterprise stories that regularly drive the energy of newscasts
• Uncovered delays in the unemployment processes in Louisiana
• Uncovered city-wide lead contamination problem

KHOU-TV 11 News CBS Affiliate, Houston, TX Sep 2007 to April 2010
Reporter
• Created a reporter Blog/Vlog that broke station records
(Ranked 4th after 1st month)
• Designed multi-media interactive live shots that were adopted by KHOU-TV
• Enterprised stories that regularly drive the energy of newscasts
• Covered breaking news
• Turned investigative stories
• Established extensive sourcing and contact database
• Language skills enabled me to break exclusive stories

KWTV-News 9 CBS Affiliate, Oklahoma City, OK Aug 2005 to Sep 2007
Reporter
• Uncovered a 5 million dollar hole in the state budget
• Enterprise stories which regularly lead newscasts
• Cover breaking news and investigative stories
• Live on a daily basis for multiple newscasts
• Establish extensive sourcing and contact database
• Language skills enable me to break exclusive stories

KVR NEWS 9/Texas Newswatch, Austin, TX Feb. 2004 to July 2005
Reporter/Producer/Anchor
• Shot and wrote compelling news packages
• Delivered conversational reporting and live anchoring
• Set-up live-shot camera and lighting equipment; ran prompter, camera and
   tapes during live newscast

KTBC FOX-7 Austin, TX Jan. 2005 to April 2005
Intern
• Covered stories side-by-side with reporters, wrote and edited news packages

SKILLS

• Fluent in Spanish and English, studying Portuguese, Italian and French
• Computer Skills: INews, EZNews, CAR, Access, Word, Excel and Power Point,
Movable Type, Blogger

EDUCATION

The University Of Texas At Austin
Bachelor of Journalism – Broadcasting July 2005
Master of Professional Accounting Dec. 2001
Bachelor of Business Administration Dec. 2001
Certified Public Accountant test Nov. 2001

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Member The National Association of Hispanic Journalists 2005 - Present
• Member World Affairs Council of Houston 2009-2010
• Member Powerful Women International 2008 - Present
• Member Investigative Reporters and Editors 2007
• Member/President Oklahoma Chapter- NAHJ 2006-2007
• Vice President/ Co-Founder Oklahoma Chapter-NAHJ 2005
• “El Noticiero” Reporter National Chapter-NAHJ 2005
• Toastmasters Member 2006
• Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
Board Member 2002-2003

HONORS

• Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting Fellowship, 2011
• Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution Fellowship, 2011
• Progreso, published a history book Arcadia Publishing, 2010
• Emmy Nomination Texas Lone Star Emmys 2008
• Francis C. Moore, Medical Journalism Excellence Harris County Medical Society
  2009
• 2nd Place Best Spot News Story/Individual Texas Associated Press Broadcasters
2008-2009
• Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation Fellowship Investigative Reporters and Editors Boot Camp
2007
• 1st Place Television Feature Story Tulsa Chapter – National Association of Black Journalists
2006
• Individual Media Award Greater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 2006
• Guardian Angel Award Latino Community Development Agency 2006
• 3rd Place Television Non-Feature Story Southwestern Journalism Congress 2004
• National Chairman’s Award for Community Service KPMG 2002

OTHER
• Created a talk show and food drive to inspire and motivate teens to stay in
school and out of trouble
• National Professional Photographers Association workshop graduate
• Extensive public speaking experience
• Lead food drive to Mexico, 2001 to 2008
• Vast experience to adapting to different cultures due to travel and living in Europe,
   Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America