Abbie Boudreau is a CNN investigative correspondent based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta. In addition to reporting investigative stories for various CNN programs, Boudreau contributes to other long-form programming as well.
Boudreau joined CNN in October 2007 after working as an investigative reporter at KNXV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Phoenix.
In 2005, Boudreau was the first journalist to expose a possible design flaw in tires produced by Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., the nation's fourth-largest tire manufacturer. A year later, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a defect investigation into one line of Cooper’s tires. In 2007, Cooper Tire recalled thousands of its tires after NHTSA found they were susceptible to tread separation.
Throughout her career, Boudreau's reports have led to national and state investigations and exposed political corruption, the abuse of authority and the misappropriation of taxpayer dollars. In 2005, Boudreau exposed a cult operating as drug rehabilitation centers for teenagers, which ultimately led the organization's long-time leader to step down and close his training center.
Boudreau has received numerous awards for her work, including regional Edward R. Murrow awards for investigative reporting in 2006 and 2007. She also received seven regional Emmy Awards for investigative reporting and writing and enterprise journalism, and one national Emmy Award nomination for investigative reporting. She has been honored with multiple Arizona AP Broadcasters Association Awards for investigative news and enterprise news, the First Amendment Award through the Society of Professional Journalists and the Television Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Before joining KNXV-TV, Boudreau worked as an investigative reporter for WWMT, a CBS affiliate in Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, Mich. She began her career at KWWL-TV, an NBC affiliate Waterloo, Iowa, as the bureau chief in Dubuque.
Boudreau received her bachelor's degree from Loyola University in Chicago and a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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