Ellison Barber

Ellison Litton Barber^[1] is an American journalist and correspondent for NBC News. She frequently reports from conflict zones and contributes reporting to all NBC News platforms, including NBC News, MSNBC and NBC News Now.^[2] Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2012.^[3]

Barber spent months on the ground reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine ^[4] and was among the first group of international correspondents to report on the Israel-Hamas War in 2023.^{[5] [6]}

Barber served as a general assignment reporter and the Prince George's County Deputy Bureau Chief for Washington's CBS affiliate, WUSA.^[7] At WUSA, Barber reported on an array of stories,^{[8] [9] [10]} including the 2015 Washington, D.C., mass killing of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, the March 2016 U.S. Capitol lockdown,^[11] and the protests following the shooting of Terrence Sterling.^{[12] [13]} While at WUSA, Barber interviewed Washington Capitals' star Alexander Ovechkin during a blizzard.^[14] The unintentional encounter went viral.^{[15] [16] [17]}

In April 2017, she joined Fox News as a general assignment correspondent.^{[13] [18]}

In 2019, Barber reported on the political turmoil in Venezuela and the resulting refugee crisis in neighboring countries.^{[19] [20]} She and her crew were reporting on the Venezuela-Colombia border when gunfire erupted near the Simón Bolívar International Bridge ^[21] and a thirty-minute shootout ensued.^{[22] [23] [24]} Barber was also the first reporter for a U.S.-based English-language network to travel to Maicao, Colombia and cover the UNHCR assistance camp set up to help refugees fleeing the political crisis in Venezuela.^[25]

Barber joined NBC News as a New York-based correspondent on April 15, 2020.^[26]

She extensively reported on the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic in the United States.^{[27] [28] [29] [30]} She reported inside COVID ICUs across the country, filing reports from Alaska^[31] to Mississippi.^{[32] [33]}

Much of her career at NBC has been spent as a war correspondent covering conflicts around the globe.^{[34] [35] [36]} She reported from the frontlines of the Ukraine-Russia War ^{[37] [38] [39]} and the Israel-Hamas War.^{[40] [34] [35]} While reporting along the Gaza border, she and her team came under rocket fire during multiple live reports.^{[5] [41]}

Barber reported from Haiti following the 2024 Haitian jailbreak and the ouster of then-Acting President Ariel Henry.^[42]

Barber was reporting outside of the United States Capitol as a mob attacked and overtook the Capitol building.^{[43] [44] [45]} She remained live on NBC News throughout the evening.^[46] In 2022, she won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for her reporting on the siege of the U.S. Capitol.^[47]

In 2023, her war reporting earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Emerging Journalist.^{[48] [49]}

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