Gillian Roberts - Senior Editor, Visual News and Enterprise
Gillian Roberts
Senior Editor, Visual News and Enterprise
Gillian Roberts is a senior editor for the Visual News and Enterprise team, where she specializes in visual-led, data-driven storytelling. She is responsible for leading and editing enterprise visual journalism across the DC and National hubs, regularly collaborating with the network's award-winning investigative unit.
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Visualizing the Ebola outbreak in maps and chartsMay 30, 2026The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa is a public health emergency. Health officials are racing to trace contacts as the count of suspected cases rises. -
Visualizing the hantavirus cruise outbreak in maps and chartsMay 12, 2026CNN is tracking what we know about the outbreak in maps and charts. -
Line of succession: Who was and was not at the White House Correspondents’ DinnerApr 28, 2026CNN analyzed – through photos, videos and outreach to offices – who from the presidential line of succession was at Saturday’s event where the shooting incident occurred. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates April 27, 2026: White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect charged with attempting to assassinate the presidentApr 28, 2026Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president among other charges. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates April 25-26, 2026: Shooting at White House Correspondents’ DinnerApr 27, 2026Investigators are reviewing writings from the suspected shooter at last night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. -
Visualizing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident in mapsApr 26, 2026A suspected gunman was apprehended Saturday after blowing past a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton just as events were getting underway for the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. -
The US average fertility rate ticked down again: See where your state ranksApr 16, 2026While the average American woman is having fewer children than ever, some prominent Americans are advocating to reverse this trend. -
Visualizing the US-Israeli war with Iran and retaliation in maps and chartsApr 8, 2026War has shaken the Middle East for weeks after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, sparking retaliatory strikes from Iran and its proxies against several neighbors, including US-allied Gulf states. Israel and Hezbollah have also traded blows in the expanded conflict. A last-minute ceasefire deal has halted much of the conflict, but the side-effects of fighting continue to affect the rest of the world. -
A visual timeline of the collision between an Air Canada plane and firetruck at LaGuardia AirportMar 24, 2026CNN is piecing together what occurred during the deadly collision in a timeline, maps and photos. -
Politicians. Business titans. Hollywood figures. See the names — and their correspondence — in latest Epstein files releaseFeb 10, 2026The recent Department of Justice release sheds light on multiple awkward relationships Jeffrey Epstein had with business titans, billionaires, royals, government officials — in the US and abroad — and media figures. -
How the catastrophic Texas flooding unfolded, in maps and chartsDec 5, 2025Catastrophic and deadly flooding killed 136 people following a torrential downpour along Texas’ Guadalupe River on the evening of July 3, and into the early hours of Fourth of July morning. -
The last government shutdown was the longest in nearly 50 years. Here are all the recent shutdowns in one chartNov 4, 2025The US federal government remains shut down with a spending deal to reopen still out of reach on Capitol Hill. Here’s how long the current shutdown has been going on: -
See the text messages that prosecutors say Charlie Kirk shooting suspect exchanged with his roommateSep 17, 2025Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, allegedly texted his roommate the day of the shooting and discussed his rifle, possible motive and other details on the planning surrounding the event, according to charging documents released by Utah County officials on Tuesday. -
• Video 3:13Video Here is the key testimony and evidence from the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial 3:13Jun 27, 2025CNN’s Laura Coates goes over the five counts hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is charged with, the key evidence and testimony presented to jurors, and how the defense disputes the allegations. -
Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administrationMay 8, 2025President Donald Trump moved swiftly to announce his selections for his next Cabinet and key administration posts in the days and weeks following the election. Now that Trump has been sworn in, it’s the Senate’s job to consider his nominations. -
How each House member voted on government fundingMar 11, 2025The House voted Tuesday to pass a bill to keep the government funded through September.
About
Gillian Roberts is a senior editor for CNN’s Visual News and Enterprise team, where she specializes in visual-led, data-driven storytelling. She is responsible for leading and editing enterprise visual journalism across CNN’s DC and National hubs, regularly collaborating with the network’s award-winning investigative unit.
Before joining CNN in 2022, Roberts led CQ Roll Call’s multimedia team, telling data-driven, video and audio stories about Congress. She previously penned CQ Roll Call’s Morning Briefing newsletter. Before that, she covered the rollout of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act at an insurance industry outlet and served as a stringer on Bloomberg’s White House team during the Obama administration. She is a proud alumna of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned her Master’s of Science in journalism at Northwestern’s Medill School, where she graduated with honors.
