Matthew Abshire - Producer II, CNN Video Editorial
Matthew Abshire
Producer II, CNN Video Editorial
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• Video 1:30Video Watch the moment crew discovered Titanic wreckage 1:30Aug 31, 2025Forty years ago, a research vessel discovered the Titanic’s wreckage. The crew’s chief scientist Bob Ballard relives that historic moment and details the secret Navy mission that made it possible. -
• Video 2:39Video Astronaut Chris Hadfield on why SpaceX’s Starship struggles are normal 2:39Aug 25, 2025Astronaut Chris Hadfield explains why SpaceX is being careful with the 10th test flight of its Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket booster. -
• Video 1:22Video This photographer has snapped photos of 17,000 different species - and he’s not done yet 1:22Aug 15, 2025National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore describes his 19-year journey creating the Photo Ark, which already boasts 17,000 recorded species. View more of his work at natgeophotoark.org -
• Video 0:46Video How 300 resistors turned this sheet into a moving robot 0:46Aug 5, 2025Scientists created a flexible robotic sheet that can fold its shape, move across surfaces and grasp objects. CNN’s Josh Campbell explains how. -
• Video 2:10Video Kennedy denies lying to Sen. Bill Cassidy about vaccine panel 2:10Jun 24, 2025Rep. Kim Schrier accused US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of lying about promises not to make changes to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. -
• Video 4:54Video Milwaukee disputes RFK claim that a ‘team’ is helping with lead contamination 4:54May 22, 2025HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee the federal government has “a team in Milwaukee” helping the city address a lead crisis in its schools. CNN’s Sanjay Gupta reports on why the city says that’s not true. -
• Video 2:43Video Make milk great again? How cow’s milk became a culture war flashpoint 2:43Mar 7, 2025Raw milk is making an unexpected comeback, not just in grocery stores, but in politics and culture wars. CNN’s Julia Vargas Jones speaks to a California dairy farmer about his growing raw milk operation, despite lawsuits and recalls. -
• Video 2:23Video Watch: These student journalists were the last media on campus as police massed outside 2:23May 2, 2024As protests over the Israel-Hamas war sweep US campuses, student journalists are documenting history outside their classrooms. At Columbia University, a ramshackle newsroom emerged in a study hall — and kept rolling even after mainstream media were locked out and an historic police crackdown loomed. -
• Video 2:13Video Elie Honig: Which case is the biggest threat to Trump? 2:13Apr 15, 2024CNN’s Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig breaks down former President Donald Trump’s four criminal indictments, and which case poses the biggest threat to him, legally and practically.
About
Matthew Abshire is a Producer II with CNN Video Editorial. His work has encompassed CNN10, sponsored series, the 2024 presidential election, and a wide range of beats, including space, science, and health. He joined the CNN Digital team in 2021, overseeing daily video production for CNN Business.
Abshire began his career at CNN in 2007 shortly after graduating college. He has held several roles across the network, including Video Journalist, Cross-Platform Producer, and Senior Media Producer. Over the years, Abshire has partnered closely with reporters and show teams to cover multiple elections, high profile trials, major news events, and breaking stories.
Abshire holds a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University. He is based out of CNN’s Atlanta bureau.
