Abigail Bassett is an award-winning and experienced freelance journalist, writer, on-air talent, and television producer with more than two decades of diverse experience. A winner of numerous awards, including two Emmys, she’s covered everything from social justice, health and wellness, and travel to breaking news, events, technology, and automotive for top-tier outlets all over the world. Her bylines have appeared in The Atlantic, Elle, National Geographic, Travel & Leisure, Fast Company, Inc., Fortune, The Verge, TechCrunch, CNN and more.
She’s interviewed world leaders, business executives, celebrities, and more for a wide variety of stories and outlets, creating content for written stories, audio podcasts, major conferences like SXSW and the JBL Fest, and television shows. She spent more than ten years as a Senior Producer at CNN in New York and has run large and dispersed teams creating content around the world for well-known brands.
She resides in Los Angeles with her partner, one dog, and a cat. When she’s not writing, producing, or doing on-camera and podcast work, she’s teaching yoga, riding her bike, or out playing with her dog.