Abbi Tatton was an Internet

Internet

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 reporter for CNN

CNN

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. She was born in 1975 and attended the Cherwell School

Cherwell School

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 in Oxford

Oxford

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, England

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.

Based in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, Tatton utilized innovative technologies to present the latest political, national and international news for CNN's afternoon program, The Situation Room

The Situation Room

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, 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 to join Google/YouTube as a Manager of Global Communications and Public Affairs.

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