Melissa Knowles Biography
Melissa Knowles is an American journalist working as a correspondent for “Morning Express with Robin Meade” on HLN, based in Atlanta.
How old is Melissa Knowles? – Age
The CNN correspondent is 39 years old as of January 23, 2021. She was born in 1982 in Houston, Texas, United States.
Melissa Knowles Family – Siblings
She together with her six siblings (three brothers and three sisters) was born to Lonnie R. Knowles, a criminal defense attorney in Houston, Texas. Her three sisters include Ayanna Knowles, Tiyane Q. Mike Knowles, and Marisa K. Knowles. Her brothers are Brian Knowles and Malcolm L. Knowles. Brian was a blogger and now a photographer who is married to Kate Airhart. Tiyane is a Plano, Texas resident working as a lawyer and a registered yoga teacher and Ayanna works at Me, Myself & I. Malcolm L., works as a songwriting program developer at Writopia Lab.
Who is Melissa Knowles married to? – Husband and Son
Melissa is married to Scott Bernstein, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. The couple married on November 11, 2017, after their engagement on 6th July 2017. They together have a son Beckham Henry born on September 13, 2018, weighing in at 7 lbs., 10 oz.
Melissa Knowles Career (CNN)
She worked at Yahoo! before joining the on-air staff at HLN, Where she hosted “Trending Now the London Olympic Summer Games, and Super Bowl XLVII. Earlier, Knowles worked as a BET News reporter and covered the 2013 presidential inauguration. Previously, she was an anchor/sideline reporter reporting the Detroit Pistons for Fox Sports. On ESPNU, a weekly college sports program based around the Big 12 Conference that streams nationwide, Knowles also anchored “Big 12 This Week” Melissa was also seen on the sidelines over the last five years working on several college footballs, basketball, and lacrosse games on the ESPN family of networks.
During her undergraduate studies at Southern Methodist University, Knowles took a particular interest in journalism. She was a staff writer for the student-driven campus newspaper The Daily Campus and is one of the founding members of The Daily Update” a daily TV news show that airs on SMU-TV.In 2004, at the Meadows School of the Arts, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from SMU.
Knowles almost followed in her parents’ footsteps to attend law school, but she got her big break on TV just months after graduation from SMU. She is an anchor for the educational network Channel One News, which airs in schools throughout the U.S. Knowles is an ardent reader, a die-hard sports enthusiast, and if they let her, she would suit up for the free-safety cowboys.
How much does Melissa Knowles make? – Net Worth
Melissa earns an annual salary of $83,300. She has an estimated net worth of US$ 4 million.