Ellison Barber
Ellison Barber | |
|---|---|
 Barber in 2019 | |
| Education | Wofford College[1] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | NBC News |
Ellison Litton Barber[1]is an American journalist and correspondent forNBC News.She frequently reports fromconflict zonesand contributes reporting to all NBC News platforms, includingNBC News,MSNBCandNBC News Now.[2]
Barber spent months on the ground reporting on theRussian invasion of Ukraine[3]and was among the first group of international correspondents to report on theIsrael-Hamas Warin 2023.[4][5]
Barber was reporting outside of the United States Capitol as a mobattacked and overtook the Capitol building.[6][7][8]She remained live on NBC News throughout the evening.[9]She won aNews & Documentary Emmy Awardfor her reporting on the siege of the U.S. Capitol, in 2022.[10]
In 2023, herwar reportingearned her an Emmy nomination forOutstanding Emerging Journalist.[11][12]
Originally fromAtlanta,Georgia,she graduated fromWofford Collegewith aBachelor of ArtsinEnglishin 2012.[13]
Career
[edit]Barber served as a general assignment reporter and thePrince George's CountyDeputy Bureau Chief for Washington'sCBSaffiliate,WUSA.[14]At WUSA, Barber reported on an array of stories,[15][16][17]including the2015 Washington, D.C., mass killingof the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, the March 2016 U.S. Capitol lockdown,[18]and the protests following the shooting of Terrence Sterling.[19][20]
In April 2017, she joinedFox Newsas a general assignment correspondent.[20][21]
In 2019, Barber reported on thepolitical turmoil in Venezuelaand the resultingrefugeecrisis in neighboring countries.[22][23]She and her crew were reporting on the Venezuela-Colombia border when gunfire erupted near theSimón Bolívar International Bridge[24]and a thirty-minute shootout ensued.[25][26][27]Barber was also the first reporter for a U.S.-based English-language network to travel toMaicao,Colombia and cover theUNHCRassistance camp set up to help refugees fleeing the political crisis in Venezuela.[28]
Barber joined NBC News as a New York-based correspondent on April 15, 2020.[29]
She extensively reported on the2019-20 coronavirus pandemicin the United States.[30][31][32][33]She reported inside COVID ICUs across the country, filing reports from Alaska[34]to Mississippi.[35][36]
Much of her career at NBC has been spent as awar correspondentcovering conflicts around the globe.[37][38][39]She reported from the frontlines of theUkraine-Russia War[40][41][42]and theIsrael-Hamas War.[43][37][44]While reporting along theGazaborder, she and her team came under rocket fire during multiple live reports.[4][45]
Barber reported from Haiti following the2024 Haitian jailbreakand the ouster of then-Acting PresidentAriel Henry.[46]
Alexander Ovechkin interview
[edit]While at WUSA, Barber interviewedWashington Capitals' starAlexander Ovechkinduring a blizzard.[47]The unintentional encounter went viral.[48][49][50]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Wofford College - 2012 Wofford College graduates".Wofford.edu. 2012-05-23.Retrieved2014-07-12.
- ^Johnson, Ted (7 April 2020)."Ellison Barber Joins NBC News and MSNBC As Correspondent".Deadline.
- ^Inside A Ukrainian Town Six Miles From Frontlines Of War.Retrieved2024-04-23– via www.youtube.com.
- ^ab"Watch: NBC News crew takes cover during rocket fire near Israel border".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"The face of Ukraine's refugee crisis".TODAY.com.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^Rioters Storm Stairs Of Capitol As Congress Debates Electoral College Objections | NBC News,6 January 2021,retrieved2021-11-14
- ^"Watch live: Congress reconvenes after rioters cleared from Capitol".NBC News.Retrieved2021-11-14.
- ^"Ellison Barber's Instagram".Instagram.January 6, 2021.
- ^"3 Reporters on What It Was Like to Do Their Jobs in the Middle of the Capitol Riot".Glamour.2021-01-08.Retrieved2021-11-14.
- ^National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences."43rd ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS, Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage"(PDF).
- ^Schneider, Michael (2023-09-28)."News & Documentary Emmys 2023: Full Winners List".Variety.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^Emmy Awards - Outstanding Emerging Journalist: Ellison Barber.Retrieved2024-04-23– via www.youtube.com.
- ^"Ellison Barber".Wofford.meritpages.com. 2012-05-20.Retrieved2014-07-12.
- ^"Ellison Barber - Prince George's County Deputy Bureau Chief - WUSA9.c…".22 April 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 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.
- ^ab"Ellison Barber".Fox News.
- ^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.Retrieved2019-05-31.
- ^Barber, Ellison (2019-05-08)."Face of Venezuela crisis: Fox News goes inside camp taking in refugees fleeing Maduro regime".Fox News.Retrieved2019-05-31.
- ^"Shootout rattles nerves near busy Venezuela border bridge".AP. 2019-05-03.Retrieved2019-05-31.
- ^"COL-VEN Border - @ellison.barber".www.instagram.com.Retrieved2019-05-31.
- ^Fox News (2019-05-03),Shots heard near Venezuela-Colombia border,retrieved2019-05-31
- ^"Venezuelans face dangerous trek into Colombia".Fox News. 6 May 2019.Retrieved2019-05-31.
- ^"Crisis in Venezuela: UN sets up refugee camp in Maicao, Colombia".Fox News. 7 May 2019.Retrieved2019-08-12.
- ^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.Retrieved2021-01-02.
- ^"Missouri struggles to keep Covid under control with hospitalizations up 60% in the past month".CNBC.2020-12-03.Retrieved2021-01-02.
- ^"Alabama's Black residents lag behind white residents in getting Covid vaccine".NBC News.Retrieved2021-11-14.
- ^Inside Covid Unit At A South Carolina hospital,21 July 2021,retrieved2021-11-14
- ^"Alaska is rationing health care as its COVID-19 numbers soar".TODAY.com.Retrieved2021-11-14.
- ^"Mississippi ICU nurse: 'We need help' as Covid cases surge among unvaccinated patients".MSNBC.com.Retrieved2021-11-14.
- ^"Inside Mississippi field hospital as state battles increase in Covid cases".NBC News.Retrieved2021-11-14.
- ^ab"Horrors of war hitting Israel, Gaza, as fight against Hamas continues".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse as Israel continues to strike".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"Ukrainian children capture the hearts of the world with bravery and resilience".TODAY.com.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"This Ukrainian unit is tasked with finding fallen soldiers".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"Inside a Ukrainian town six miles from frontlines of war".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^Former UPS Driver Carries Out Civilian Rescues In Ukraine.Retrieved2024-04-23– via www.youtube.com.
- ^"Explosions heard near Israel-Gaza border".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse as Israel continues to strike".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"Residents on Gaza border on edge as they come under fire".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"Life inside a Haitian orphanage".NBC News.Retrieved2024-04-23.
- ^"TV reporter does story on D.C. snow storm, runs into Alex Ovechkin".NBC Sports Washington. 2016-01-22.Retrieved2019-01-25.
- ^"How WUSA9's Ellison Barber Lucked Into a Man-On-The-Street Interview with Alex Ovechkin".russianmachineneverbreaks.com.2016-02-08.Retrieved2019-01-25.
- ^"Ovechkin wasn't fazed by snowstorm: 'We're from Russia'".FOX Sports.2016-01-24.Retrieved2019-01-25.
- ^BroBible (23 January 2016)."Unsuspecting Reporter Comes Across Alex Ovechkin Filling His Gas Tank Ahead Of The Blizzard".BroBible.Retrieved2019-01-25.
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