Edwin Flores is an award-winning journalist who is currently a Production Assistant for Stay Tuned NOW with Gadi Schwartz on NBC News NOW. He previously reported and produced for NBC Latino, the English-language Latino section of NBCNews.com. Flores has covered daily stories, liveblogs, enterprise features and special projects. He’s reported on various topics such as the L.A. City Council scandal; Florida’s sweeping immigration bill; abortion rights; student loan relief; the fate of DACA; Gen Z Latinos and the controversy around the term Latinx, among many others. His work has been featured on NBC News Digital, NBCU Academy, TODAY, MSNBC, NBC News NOW and Noticias Telemundo.
He was recently recognized with an NAHJ 2023 Ñ Award for his reporting and producing in NBC Latino’s 2022 Hispanic Heritage special project. He was also recognized with a 2022 National Ruben Salazar Award for his reporting on California farmers impacted by the state’s water drought. He also serves as an NBCU Academy Embed, which he was selected through a competitive national recruiting process in NBCU Academy’s Embed Program inaugural cohort — part of a multimillion-dollar DEI commitment by Comcast.
Born and raised in Anaheim, California, he graduated in 2021 from California State University, Fullerton, with a bachelor’s degree in Communications with an emphasis in Journalism and a Digital Media certificate. As a student, he was recognized with 25 honors and awards for his journalism work, including an NAHJ 2021 Student Ñ Award, a Society of Professional Journalists Broadcast News Videography Award and a Student Emmy Award Finalist.
