She was previously based in Boston, Massachusetts where she was an entertainment and features reporter and film critic from 1981 to 2009.
She later attended UCLA where she studied television and film and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.
Edwards started her television career as a reporter for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[1] After a television reporting job in Houston, Texas, and a one-year stint hosting the syndicated entertainment show "World of People" from 1980 to 1981 Edwards relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, where she was teamed with Barry Nolan as co-host of Evening Magazine on WBZ-TV from 1981 to 1990.
After her position at WHDH was eliminated Edwards joined Comcast's CN8 channel as executive producer and co-host of "Backstage" with former WBZ colleague Barry Nolan; after Nolan was terminated by CN8 for criticizing New England EMMY honoree and FOX News host Bill O'Reilly[2] Edwards hosted the program solo.