Ellison Barber
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Education | Wofford College[1] |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | NBC News |
Ellison Litton Barber[1] is an American journalist and correspondent for NBC News based in New York. She contributes to NBC News, MSNBC and NBC News Now.[2]
Barber was reporting outside of the United States Capitol as a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump attacked and overtook the Capitol building.[3] [4] [5] She remained live on NBC News throughout the evening.[6]
Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2012.[7]
Career[]
Barber joined NBC News as a New York-based correspondent on April 15, 2020.[8] She extensively reported on the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic in the United States.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
She’s reported inside COVID ICU’s across the country, filing reports from Alaska[15] to Mississippi.[16][17]
Barber was reporting outside of the United States Capitol as a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump attacked and overtook the Capitol building.[3] [4] [5] She remained on-air throughout the evening.[6]
Prior to joining NBC, Barber served as a general assignment reporter and the Prince George's County Deputy Bureau Chief for Washington's CBS affiliate, WUSA. [18]
At WUSA, Barber reported on an array of stories,[19][20][21] including the 2015 Washington, D.C., mass killing of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, the March 2016 U.S. Capitol lock-down,[22] and the protests following the shooting of Terrence Sterling.[23][24]
In April 2017, she joined Fox News as a general assignment correspondent.[24][25]
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In 2019, Barber reported on the political turmoil in Venezuela and the resulting refugee crisis in neighboring countries.[26][27] She and her crew were reporting on the Venezuela-Colombia border when gunfire erupted near the Simón Bolívar International Bridge[28] and a thirty-minute shootout ensued.[29][30][31] 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.[32]
Alexander Ovechkin interview[]
While at WUSA, Barber interviewed Washington Capitals' star Alexander Ovechkin during a blizzard.[33] The unintentional encounter went viral.[34][35][36]
References[]
- ^ a b "Wofford College - 2012 Wofford College graduates". Wofford.edu. 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ^ Johnson, Ted (7 April 2020). "Ellison Barber Joins NBC News and MSNBC As Correspondent". Deadline.
- ^ a b Rioters Storm Stairs Of Capitol As Congress Debates Electoral College Objections | NBC News, retrieved 2021-11-14
- ^ a b "Watch live: Congress reconvenes after rioters cleared from Capitol". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ a b "Ellison Barber's Instagram". Instagram. January 6, 2021.
- ^ a b Nast, Condé (2021-01-08). "3 Reporters on What It Was Like to Do Their Jobs in the Middle of the Capitol Riot". Glamour. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ "Ellison Barber". Wofford.meritpages.com. 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (7 April 2020). "Ellison Barber Jumps to NBC News from Fox News Channel". Variety.
- ^ "Inside a South Carolina hospital, coronavirus surge overwhelms staff". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "Missouri struggles to keep Covid under control with hospitalizations up 60% in the past month". CNBC. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "'It's just not fair': Daughter recalls saying goodbye to dying mother over video call". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "Michigan hospital allows visitors for COVID-19 patients". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "Alabama's Black residents lag behind white residents in getting Covid vaccine". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ Inside Covid Unit At A South Carolina hospital, retrieved 2021-11-14
- ^ "Alaska is rationing health care as its COVID-19 numbers soar". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ "Mississippi ICU nurse: 'We need help' as Covid cases surge among unvaccinated patients". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ "Inside Mississippi field hospital as state battles increase in Covid cases". NBC News. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ "Ellison Barber - Prince George's County Deputy Bureau Chief - WUSA9.c…". 22 April 2017. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017.
- ^ Barber, Ellison. "Md. police didn't tell public teen was missing until she was found murdered". WUSA 9.
- ^ Barber, Ellison. "World's AIDs Day: Remembering Leonard Matlovich". WUSA 9.
- ^ Barber, Ellison. "Are D.C.'s weed delivery services legal?". WUSA 9.
- ^ Barber, Ellison. "Suspect in US Capitol shooting identified". WUSA 9.
- ^ Barber, Ellison. "Hundreds protest DC police fatal shooting". WUSA 9.
- ^ a b "Ellison Barber".
- ^ Facky, I. ".@ellisonbarber is now a @FoxNews correspondent!!#redeye cc @johnnydollar01pic.twitter.com/CGhjqXfmpW".
- ^ Miles, Frank (2019-05-06). "Venezuelans risk death trying to cross into Colombia escaping violence, hunger, Fox News finds". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Barber, Ellison (2019-05-08). "Face of Venezuela crisis: Fox News goes inside camp taking in refugees fleeing Maduro regime". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ "Shootout rattles nerves near busy Venezuela border bridge". AP. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ "COL-VEN Border - @ellison.barber". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Fox News (2019-05-03), Shots heard near Venezuela-Colombia border, retrieved 2019-05-31
- ^ "Venezuelans face dangerous trek into Colombia". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ "Crisis in Venezuela: UN sets up refugee camp in Maicao, Colombia". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ^ "TV reporter does story on D.C. snow storm, runs into Alex Ovechkin". NBC Sports Washington. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "How WUSA9's Ellison Barber Lucked Into a Man-On-The-Street Interview with Alex Ovechkin". russianmachineneverbreaks.com. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Ovechkin wasn't fazed by snowstorm: 'We're from Russia'". FOX Sports. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- ^ BroBible. "Unsuspecting Reporter Comes Across Alex Ovechkin Filling His Gas Tank Ahead Of The Blizzard". BroBible. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
External links[]
- American television reporters and correspondents
- Wofford College alumni
- Living people
- MSNBC people
- NBC News people
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- American women television journalists