Ellison Litton Barber is an American journalist and correspondent for

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based in New York. She contributes to NBC News,

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and

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. Barber was reporting outside of the United States Capitol as a mob attacked and overtook the Capitol building. She remained live on NBC News throughout the evening. Originally from

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, she graduated from

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with a

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in 2012.

Career

Barber joined NBC News as a New York-based correspondent on April 15, 2020. She extensively reported on the

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in the United States. She has reported inside COVID ICUs across the country, filing reports from Alaska to Mississippi. Prior to joining NBC, Barber served as a general assignment reporter and the

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Deputy Bureau Chief for Washington's CBS

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. At WUSA, Barber reported on an array of stories, 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, and the protests following the shooting of Terrence Sterling. In April 2017, she joined

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as a general assignment correspondent. Barber at UNHCR Refugee Camp

In 2019, Barber reported on the political turmoil in Venezuela and the resulting

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crisis in neighboring countries. She and her crew were reporting on the Venezuela-Colombia border when gunfire erupted near the

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and a thirty-minute shootout ensued. Barber was also the first reporter for a U.S.-based English-language network to travel to

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, Colombia and cover the

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assistance camp set up to help refugees fleeing the political crisis in Venezuela.

Alexander Ovechkin interview

While at WUSA, Barber interviewed

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' star

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during a blizzard. The unintentional encounter went viral.

References

External links

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