Abbi Tatton

Abbi Tatton
Born1975
England
EducationUniversity of Leeds
American University (MA)
OccupationTV reporter
EmployerCNN

Abbi Tatton was an Internet reporter for CNN. She was born in 1975 and attended the Cherwell School in Oxford, England. She graduated from the University of Leeds in History in 1998.

Based in Washington, D.C., Tatton utilized innovative technologies[1] to present the latest political, national and international news for CNN's afternoon program, The Situation Room,[2] hosting the segment "The Situation Online".

Along with fellow CNN reporter Jacki Schechner, Tatton was one of the first "Internet reporters" in mainstream television news.

Tatton left CNN in January 2010[3] to join Google/YouTube as a manager of Global Communications.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ems, Lindsay (July 2014). "Twitter's place in the tussle: how old power struggles play out on a new stage". Media, Culture & Society. 36 (5): 723. doi:10.1177/0163443714529070. CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Abbi Tatton used conversations on Twitter to help them complete a view of what was unfolding in Iran.
  2. ^ Roth, Zachary (20 June 2008). "CNN's Attention Deficit". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ Krinsky, Alissa (7 January 2010). "Abbi Tatton Leaving CNN". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Abbi Tatton". www.carnegiecouncil.org. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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