Ellison Barber
Barber in 2019
Born	(1989-10-20)October 20, 1989 (age 36) Atlanta,Georgia, U.S.
Education	Wofford College[1]
Occupation	Journalist
Employer	NBC News
Partner	Shannon Woodward

Ellison Litton Barber^[1] is an American journalist and correspondent forNBC News. She frequently reports fromconflict zones and contributes reporting to all NBC News platforms, includingNBC News,MSNBC andNBC News Now.^[2] Originally fromAtlanta,Georgia, she graduated fromWofford College with aBachelor of Arts inEnglish in 2012.^[3]

Barber spent months on the ground reporting on theRussian invasion of Ukraine^[4] and was among the first group of international correspondents to report on theGaza war in 2023.^[5][6]

Barber served as a general assignment reporter and thePrince George's County Deputy Bureau Chief for Washington'sCBSaffiliate,WUSA.^[7] At WUSA, Barber reported on an array of stories,^[8][9][10] including the2015 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 interviewedWashington Capitals' starAlexander Ovechkin during a blizzard.^[14] The unintentional encounter went viral.^[15][16][17]

In April 2017, she joinedFox News as a general assignment correspondent.^[13][18]

In 2019, Barber reported on thepolitical turmoil in Venezuela and the resultingrefugee crisis in neighboring countries.^[19][20] She and her crew were reporting on the Venezuela-Colombia border when gunfire erupted near theSimón 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 toMaicao, Colombia and cover theUNHCR 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 the2019-20 coronavirus pandemicin 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 awar correspondent covering conflicts around the globe.^[34][35][36] She reported from the frontlines of theUkraine-Russia War^[37][38][39] and theGaza war.^[40][34][35] While reporting along theGaza border, she and her team came under rocket fire during multiple live reports.^[5][41]

Barber reported from Haiti following the2024 Haitian jailbreak and the ouster of then-Acting PresidentAriel Henry.^[42]

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

In 2023, herwar reporting earned her an Emmy nomination forOutstanding Emerging Journalist.^[48][49]

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