Abbi Tatton was an

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reporter for

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. She was born in 1975 and attended the

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. She graduated from the University of Leeds in History in 1998. Based in

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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'', hosting the segment "The Situation Online". Along with fellow CNN reporter

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, 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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