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    Trending Now: Meet the Team

    By Yahoo! News | Trending Now – Wed, May 4, 2011

    Melissa Knowles -- Host

    Prior to hosting "Trending Now" on Yahoo! News, Melissa anchored "Big 12 This Week" on ESPNU, a weekly college sports show centered around the Big 12 Conference that broadcasts nationally.  During the last five years, Melissa could also be seen on the sidelines reporting on many college football, basketball and lacrosse games on the ESPN family of networks. Melissa studied journalism at Southern Methodist University. In 2004, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from SMU at the Meadows School of the Arts.  Melissa almost followed in the footsteps of her parents and went to law school, but just months after graduation she got her big break in TV, anchoring for Channel One News, the educational network that airs in schools all across the country.

    Melissa was born and raised in Houston, Texas.  She has an appreciation for varied genres of news and entertainment including politics, sports and lifestyles. She's a die-hard sports fan, and would suit up for the Cowboys at free-safety if they'd let her.

    You can follow Melissa on Twitter @Knowlesitall or find her on Facebook.

    Mia Trovato -- Producer

    Mia Trovato is the Producer of "Trending Now".  She previously worked for Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, and ABC News Special Events. She brings her passion for breaking news to the show as well as her obsession with the world of entertainment.  Mia graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, earning a bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Film and Television.  You can follow Mia on Twitter @miatrendingnow or reach her by e-mail at mtrovato@yahoo-inc.com.

    Henry Baker -- Associate Producer

    Henry Baker is the Associate Producer of Trending Now. He previously worked as a Photo Desk Editor at WENN, a Contributor at Gawker, and on a French Vineyard for a week until the heat got to him.  He is a proud Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.  You can follow him on Twitter @henrybaker, or on Pinterest.

    Stay up to date on what's "Trending Now" on Facebook and Twitter!

     

    8 comments

    • splice
      splice  •  9 days ago
      Why does blogging pass as journalism these days? None of the 'Trending Now' founders have backgrounds in journalism (entertainment /= journalism) and the bloggers whose bylines appear on the articles are suspect as well. I just read an article from 'Trending Now' with multiple quotes from a source with zero attributions.

      'Trending Now' .... if you want any cred, then publish the backgrounds of your bloggers, hire journalists instead of inexpensive college grads in art history, and get your articles up to journalistic standards.
    • chet
      chet  •  Tampa, Florida  •  1 mth 10 days ago
      when are you going to use the age 17 picture of that kid with gold teeth and a hoodie instead of angelic age 14 ?
    • Julie
      Julie  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  1 mth 22 days ago
      When I try to listen to a video from Trending Now, it starts and stops in the middle of the script. Am I the only one having this trouble. Seems as though something is wrong with your technology.
    • Yellow
      Yellow  •  Greenville, South Carolina  •  2 mths ago
      When does Trending Now with Melissa Knowles refresh their site. It's been the same "daily" news for days now?
    • Kranko
      Kranko  •  Portland, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      What happened to Adriana Diaz???
    • TheTerminatorFan
      TheTerminatorFan  •  Port St Lucie, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      So YOU are the people who find all those cool and interesting articles! Keep it up.
    • FBI
      FBI  •  3 mths ago
      I like to take my friends on yahoo to the movie
    • csh
      csh  •  8 mths ago
      I invented a machine to stop wild fires! I showed it to NASA and to members of the UN as well as manufactures and others who all said it was a good idea and will work to prevent and/or control wildfire and save homes...doing my plans will create jobs, maybe thousands maybe hundreds of thousands..workwithusa@yahoo.com
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    MEET THE TEAM: Melissa Knowles, Mia Trovato and Henry Baker

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