Abbi Tatton

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{{BLP sources|date=November 2024}}

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| birth_date = 1975

| birth_place = England

| education = University of Leeds
American University (MA)

| employer = CNN

| occupation = TV reporter

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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{{cite journal |last1=Ems |first1=Lindsay |title=Twitter's place in the tussle: how old power struggles play out on a new stage |journal=Media, Culture & Society |date=July 2014 |volume=36 |issue=5 |page=723 |doi=10.1177/0163443714529070 |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=3ada810098d95ad9b7b875b42a33ee8e97935206 |quote=CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Abbi Tatton used conversations on Twitter to help them complete a view of what was unfolding in Iran.}} to present the latest political, national and international news for CNN's afternoon program, The Situation Room,{{cite journal |last1=Roth |first1=Zachary |title=CNN's Attention Deficit |journal=Columbia Journalism Review |date=20 June 2008 |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/cnns_attention_deficit.php |access-date=21 November 2024 |language=en}} 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{{cite news |last1=Krinsky |first1=Alissa |title=Abbi Tatton Leaving CNN |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/abbi-tatton-leaving-cnn/ |access-date=21 November 2024 |date=7 January 2010}} to join Google/YouTube as a manager of Global Communications.{{cite web |title=Abbi Tatton |url=https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/abbi-tatton |website=www.carnegiecouncil.org |access-date=21 November 2024}}