Rebecca Anderson (born 15 November 1967) is a British journalist and the anchor of CNN International's flagship news and current affairs primetime news program Connect the World.

She holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and French from the University of Sussex,[1] and a master's degree in Mass Communication from Arizona State University.

[2] Anderson drew criticism after an incident involving the 2017 London Bridge attack where she was accused of staging an event showing Muslims demonstrating to show sympathy to the victims of the attack.

"The group of demonstrators that was at the police cordon was being allowed through by officers so they could show their signs to the gathered media.

The CNN crew along with other media present simply filmed them doing so.