Matthew Gannon

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Matt Gannon shoots, edits and produces multimedia content across CNN platforms.
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Matthew Gannon
Video ‘They told us that this material would be safe.’ Toxic PFAS discovered on US farms 7:20
May 2, 2024
Farms across Maine are discovering toxic PFAS chemicals in their soil and water. But the problem could impact millions of acres of farmland nationwide.
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks during a rally in Washington Square Park, May 14, 2019 in New York City.
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Andrew Yang is a rock star to his supporters. Can that propel him to the presidency?
Oct 2, 2019
Andrew Yang may have been born online. But his presidential candidacy is coming of age in real life.
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Video These planes vanished, were never seen again 2:13
Jul 6, 2017
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 joins a long list of planes that have seemingly vanished in-flight. Here are some of the most notorious plane disappearances in history.
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, a spokesman for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, walks along the bank of the Cannon Ball River which connects with the Missouri River and is the source of the tribe's drinking water - after explaining the tribe's opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), September 4, 2016, in an interview with AFP at an encampment of Native Americans and their supporters near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. / AFP / Robyn BECK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Nova SAFO, "Native Americans united by oil pipeline fight" (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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The sacred land at the center of the Dakota pipeline dispute
Nov 1, 2016
Corporate greed and potential environmental disaster are arguments against the Dakota Access Pipeline. But a big issue for the Standing Rock Sioux and other Native Americans is the threat to sacred land.
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‘I was making a casket for a friend’
Jun 17, 2016
Buffy Quintana is sewing through the sorrow after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. He most likely helped to build some of the caskets of friends who died last weekend at a gay bar in Orlando.
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Video Former hostage Terry Anderson: I almost went insane 3:07
Feb 10, 2016
AP journalist Terry Anderson was held hostage for seven years by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Since his 1991 release, Terry Anderson has founded charities, taught journalism and reconnected with loved ones.
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Video Divers work to raise 150-year-old Confederate warship 1:55
Dec 1, 2015
A team of U.S. Navy divers works through challenging conditions to salvage the CSS Georgia, a Civil War ironclad vessel, from the Savannah River. Article
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The community that stood up to coal
Nov 24, 2015
Two Degrees: John D. Sutter visits the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation, which has become an island of intact prairie in a sea of coal mines.
Migrants wait to receive necessary documents at the refugee center in the town of Presevo, on August 26, 2015. The Hungarian government said August 26 it plans to deploy the army to help stem the flow of migrants crossing from Serbia, with parliament set to vote on the move at an extraordinary session next week. AFP PHOTO / ARMEND NIMANI (Photo credit should read ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Video Opinion: Outrage over boy’s photo will be short-lived 2:31
Sep 4, 2015
Long-time foreign correspondent Christopher Dickey talks about the photo of Aylan Kurdi and how easy it is for us to forget the suffering of thousands.
U.S. Navy divers salvage Civil War ironclad in Savannah, Georgia.
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‘Seeing eye dogs’ help Navy divers recover Civil War vessel in murky river
Aug 21, 2015
A U.S. Navy dive team works in near-zero visibility and challenging currents to raise a Civil War ironclad vessel in the Savannah River.
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Video Firefighters hope drones will save lives 1:21
May 12, 2015
A fire department in Atlanta, Georgia, is testing drones to help firefighters gather information at the scene.
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Video What to look forward to in 2015 2:06
Mar 5, 2015
There’s plenty to look forward to in pop culture in 2015. CNN’s Lisa France shares some of the highlights.
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Video Caught on camera: Florida police get physical 1:26
Feb 26, 2015
Two Florida law enforcement officers are under fire after video surfaced of a Fort Lauderdale officer slapping a man and a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy dragging a handcuffed woman down a hallway.
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Video Why the term ‘colored’ is so offensive 1:12
Jan 28, 2015
CNN’s Nima Elbagir looks back the historical usage of the word “colored” and examines some of the negative connotations associated with the term today.
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Video Classified UFO documents released 1:34
Jan 22, 2015
Nearly 130,000 pages of declassified Air Force files on UFO investigations and sightings are now available in one place online. UFO enthusiast John Greenewald compiled a database called the Project Blue Book Collection, containing nearly every declassified document from the Blue Book project.
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NASA
Video The weird things we sent to space 1:33
Jan 15, 2015
Over 5,000 pounds of supplies were just sent to the International Space Station. And while a lot of it was regular stuff like food and equipment, some unusual items also hitched a ride.

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