{{short description|American journalist}} {{distinguish|Allison Barber}} {{Infobox person | name = Ellison Barber | image = Ellison in Colombia.jpg | caption = Barber in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|10|20}} | birth_place = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Wofford College]]<ref name=box /> | occupation = Journalist | employer = [[NBC News]] | partner = [[Shannon Woodward]] }}
'''Ellison Litton Barber'''<ref name=box>{{cite web |title=Wofford College - 2012 Wofford College graduates |url=http://www.wofford.edu/newsroom/2012/2012-Wofford-College-graduates/ |website=Wofford College |date=May 23, 2012 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181755/http://www.wofford.edu/newsroom/2012/2012-Wofford-College-graduates/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American journalist, correspondent for [[NBC News]], and host of the [[Netflix]] true-crime video podcast “Allegedly with Ellison Barber.” <ref>{{Cite news |title=Ellison Barber Tackles True Crime’s Biggest Cases in New Podcast Allegedly |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/allegedly-with-ellison-barber-release-podcast-date-news |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260417153306/https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/allegedly-with-ellison-barber-release-podcast-date-news |archive-date=2026-04-17 |access-date=2026-05-28 |work=Netflix Tudum |language=en}}</ref>
She frequently reports from [[War|conflict zones]] and contributes reporting to all NBC News platforms, including [[NBC News]], [[MSNBC]] and [[Peacock (streaming service)|NBC News Now]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=April 7, 2020 |title=Ellison Barber Joins NBC News and MSNBC As Correspondent |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/nbc-news-msnbc-ellison-barber-1202902975/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=November 5, 2024}}</ref> Originally from [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], she graduated from [[Wofford College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[English studies#English major|English]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ellison Barber |url=http://wofford.meritpages.com/Ellison-Barber/197787 |publisher=Wofford.meritpages.com |date=May 20, 2012 |access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>
Barber spent months on the ground reporting on the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Inside A Ukrainian Town Six Miles From Frontlines Of War |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWknkxilsWQ |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref> and was among the first group of international correspondents to report on the [[Gaza war]] in 2023.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Watch: NBC News crew takes cover during rocket fire near Israel border |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/watch-nbc-news-crew-takes-cover-during-rocket-fire-near-israel-border-195190853990 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |date=October 13, 2023 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The face of Ukraine's refugee crisis |url=https://www.today.com/video/the-face-of-ukraine-s-refugee-crisis-134700101577 |website=Today |language=en-US |date=March 6, 2022 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Barber served as a general assignment reporter and the [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]] Deputy Bureau Chief for Washington's [[CBS]] [[Network affiliate|affiliate]], [[WUSA (TV)|WUSA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ellison Barber - Prince George's County Deputy Bureau Chief |url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/ellison-barber-prince-georges-county-deputy-bureau-chief/203540480 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170422222108/http://www.wusa9.com/news/ellison-barber-prince-georges-county-deputy-bureau-chief/203540480 |url-status=dead |website=WUSA 9 |language=en-US |date=April 22, 2017 |archive-date=April 22, 2017}}</ref> At WUSA, Barber reported on an array of stories,<ref>{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Ellison |title=Md. police didn't tell public teen was missing until she was found murdered |url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/md-police-didnt-tell-public-teen-was-missing-until-she-was-found-murdered/408121654 |website=WUSA 9 |language=en-US |access-date=2017-07-17 |archive-date=2017-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704195521/http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/md-police-didnt-tell-public-teen-was-missing-until-she-was-found-murdered/408121654 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Ellison |title=World's AIDs Day: Remembering Leonard Matlovich |url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/worlds-aids-day-remembering-leonard-matlovich/361617313 |website=WUSA 9 |language=en-US |access-date=2017-07-17 |archive-date=2016-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203153355/http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/worlds-aids-day-remembering-leonard-matlovich/361617313 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Ellison |title=Are D.C.'s weed delivery services legal? |url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/are-dcs-weed-delivery-services-legal/407594118 |website=WUSA 9 |language=en-US |access-date=2017-07-17 |archive-date=2017-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722030307/http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/are-dcs-weed-delivery-services-legal/407594118 |url-status=dead }}</ref> including the [[2015 Washington, D.C., mass killing]] of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, the March 2016 U.S. Capitol lockdown,<ref>{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Ellison |title=Suspect in US Capitol shooting identified |url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/sources-shooting-reported-at-the-capitol/106428493 |website=WUSA 9 |language=en-US |access-date=2017-07-17 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033405/http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/sources-shooting-reported-at-the-capitol/106428493 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the protests following the shooting of Terrence Sterling.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barber |first=Ellison |title=Hundreds protest DC police fatal shooting |url=http://www.wusa9.com/mb/news/local/hundreds-protest-dc-police-fatal-shooting-/328778027 |website=WUSA 9 |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref name="foxnews.com" /> While at WUSA, Barber interviewed [[Washington Capitals]]' star [[Alexander Ovechkin]] during a blizzard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TV reporter does story on D.C. snow storm, runs into Alex Ovechkin |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/washington-capitals/tv-reporter-does-story-dc-snow-storm-runs-alex-ovechkin |website=NBC Sports Washington |language=en-US |date=January 22, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> The unintentional encounter went viral.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2016/02/08/how-wusa9s-ellison-barber-lucked-into-a-man-on-the-street-interview-with-alex-ovechkin/|title=How WUSA9's Ellison Barber Lucked Into a Man-On-The-Street Interview with Alex Ovechkin|date=2016-02-08|website=russianmachineneverbreaks.com |language=en-US |access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ovechkin wasn't fazed by snowstorm: 'We're from Russia' |url=http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/washington-capitals-alex-ovechkin-evgeny-kuznetsov-t-j-oshie-snowstorm-012416 |work=FOX Sports |language=en-US |date=January 24, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unsuspecting Reporter Comes Across Alex Ovechkin Filling His Gas Tank Ahead Of The Blizzard |url=https://brobible.com/sports/article/alex-ovechkin-blizzard-2016-interview/ |website=BroBible |language=en |date=January 23, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref>
=== Fox News (2017-2020) === In April 2017, she joined [[Fox News]] as a general assignment correspondent.<ref name="foxnews.com">{{cite web |title=Ellison Barber |url=http://www.foxnews.com/person/b/ellison-barber.html |website=Fox News |date=18 February 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/fackinpeter/status/855813689450123266|title=.@ellisonbarber is now a @FoxNews correspondent!!#redeye cc @johnnydollar01pic.twitter.com/CGhjqXfmpW|first=I.|last=Facky}}</ref>
[[File:Barber at UNHCR Refugee Camp.jpg|thumb|Ellison Barber and her crew at the UNHCR refugee assistance camp in Maicao, Colombia in May 2019.]]
In 2019, Barber reported on the [[Venezuelan protests (2014–present)|political turmoil in Venezuela]] and the resulting [[refugee]] crisis in neighboring countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miles |first=Frank |date=May 6, 2019 |title=Venezuelans risk death trying to cross into Colombia escaping violence, hunger, Fox News finds |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuela-colombia-border-violence-hunger |website=Fox News |language=en-US |access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Ellison |date=2019-05-08 |title=Face of Venezuela crisis: Fox News goes inside camp taking in refugees fleeing Maduro regime |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuela-colombia-migrant-camp |website=Fox News |language=en-US |access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> She and her crew were reporting on the Venezuela-Colombia border when gunfire erupted near the [[Simón Bolívar International Bridge]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shootout rattles nerves near busy Venezuela border bridge |url=https://apnews.com/f57e590b638b4213b1af720a98140631 |website=Associated Press |language=en-US |date=May 3, 2019 |access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> and a thirty-minute shootout ensued.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17871057595367808/ |title=COL-VEN Border - @ellison.barber |website=Instagram |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Fox News |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Shots heard near Venezuela-Colombia border |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqcKOOI4vSw |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Venezuelans face dangerous trek into Colombia |url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/6033481634001/ |website=Fox News |language=en-US |date=May 6, 2019 |access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crisis in Venezuela: UN sets up refugee camp in Maicao, Colombia |url=https://video.foxnews.com/v/6033909941001/#sp=show-clips/ |website=Fox News |language=en-US |date=May 7, 2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>
=== NBC News (2020-present) === Barber joined NBC News as a New York-based correspondent on April 15, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=7 April 2020|title=Ellison Barber Jumps to NBC News from Fox News Channel|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ellison-barber-nbc-news-fox-news-channel-1234573345/|publisher=Variety}}</ref>
She extensively reported on the [[COVID-19 pandemic|2019-20 coronavirus pandemic]] [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|in the United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside a South Carolina hospital, coronavirus surge overwhelms staff|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inside-a-south-carolina-hospital-coronavirus-surge-overwhelms-staff-87421509623 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |access-date=January 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-03|title=Missouri struggles to keep Covid under control with hospitalizations up 60% in the past month |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/12/02/missouri-hospitals-struggle-to-keep-covid-cases-under-control-with-hospitals-rise-60-percent-past-month.html |website=CNBC |language=en-US |access-date=2021-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alabama's Black residents lag behind white residents in getting Covid vaccine |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/alabama-s-black-residents-lag-behind-white-residents-in-getting-covid-vaccine-108192325558 |access-date=2021-11-14 |website=NBC News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Inside Covid Unit At A South Carolina hospital| date=21 July 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXEzYq0HVYg|language=en|access-date=2021-11-14}}</ref> She reported inside COVID ICUs across the country, filing reports from Alaska<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alaska is rationing health care as its COVID-19 numbers soar |url=https://www.today.com/video/alaska-is-rationing-health-care-as-its-covid-19-numbers-soar-122771525752 |website=Today |language=en-US |date=October 5, 2021 |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref> to Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mississippi ICU nurse: 'We need help' as Covid cases surge among unvaccinated patients |url=https://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/mississippi-hospitals-hit-capacity-as-covid-cases-surge-among-unvaccinated-patients-118384197702 |website=MSNBC |language=en-US |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside Mississippi field hospital as state battles increase in Covid cases |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/inside-mississippi-field-hospital-as-state-battles-increase-in-covid-cases-119078469537 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |date=August 30, 2021 |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref>
Much of her career at NBC has been spent as a [[war correspondent]] covering conflicts around the globe.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Horrors of war hitting Israel, Gaza, as fight against Hamas continues |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/horrors-of-war-hitting-israel-gaza-as-fight-against-hamas-continues-196251717743 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en-US |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref><ref name="nbcnews.com">{{Cite web |title=Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse as Israel continues to strike |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/gaza-hospitals-on-the-brink-of-collapse-as-israel-continues-to-strike-196335685909 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |date=October 25, 2023 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian children capture the hearts of the world with bravery and resilience |url=https://www.today.com/video/ukrainian-children-capture-the-hearts-of-the-world-with-bravery-and-resilience-135794245522 |website=Today |language=en-US |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref> She reported from the frontlines of the [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Ukraine-Russia War]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=This Ukrainian unit is tasked with finding fallen soldiers |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/this-ukrainian-unit-is-tasked-with-finding-fallen-soldiers-174585925574 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside a Ukrainian town six miles from frontlines of war |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/inside-a-ukrainian-town-six-miles-from-frontlines-of-war-144399429897 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |date=July 20, 2022 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Former UPS Driver Carries Out Civilian Rescues In Ukraine |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fjV11goojQ |language=en-US |access-date=2024-04-23 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explosions heard near Israel-Gaza border |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/explosions-heard-near-israel-gaza-border-196622405702 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name="nbcnews.com"/> While reporting along the [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] border, she and her team came under rocket fire during multiple live reports.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Residents on Gaza border on edge as they come under fire |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/residents-on-gaza-border-on-edge-as-they-come-under-fire-194862661743 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |date=October 11, 2023 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
Barber reported from Haiti following the [[2024 Haitian jailbreak]] and the ouster of then-Acting President [[Ariel Henry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life inside a Haitian orphanage |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/life-inside-a-haitian-orphanage-207836229646 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |date=March 28, 2024 |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
== Accolades == Barber was reporting outside of the United States Capitol as a mob [[2021 United States Capitol attack|attacked and overtook the Capitol building]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |author=NBC News |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Rioters Storm Stairs Of Capitol As Congress Debates Electoral College Objections |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy_TM0AZ2xQ |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Watch live: Congress reconvenes after rioters cleared from Capitol |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-congress-counts-electoral-college-vote-98883653745 |website=NBC News |language=en-US |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Ellison Barber's Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJugwtPAP3m/ |website=Instagram}}</ref> She remained live on NBC News throughout the evening.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last1=Singer |first1=Jenny |last2=Kahn |first2=Mattie |date=January 8, 2021 |title=3 Reporters on What It Was Like to Do Their Jobs in the Middle of the Capitol Riot |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/were-still-on-edge-3-reporters-on-witnessing-the-riot-at-the-capitol |website=Glamour |language=en-US |access-date=November 14, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, she won a [[43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards|News & Documentary Emmy Award]] for her reporting on the siege of the U.S. Capitol.<ref>{{Cite web |last=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |title=43rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/43rd-Annual-Documentaries-Winners-9-29-22.pdf}}</ref>
In 2023, her [[War correspondent|war reporting]] earned her an Emmy nomination for [[44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards|Outstanding Emerging Journalist]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=September 28, 2023 |title=News & Documentary Emmys 2023: Full Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/awards/emmys-news-documentary-winners-2023-wolf-blitzer-barbara-kopple-1235738429/ |website=Variety |language=en-US |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Emmy Awards - Outstanding Emerging Journalist: Ellison Barber |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jm_rfEmh2s |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=April 23, 2024}}</ref>
== Personal == Barber is [[queer]]/[[gay]] and publicly identifies as a member of the [[LGBTQ people|LGBTQ+]] community.<ref>[https://www.nlgja.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2018InReviewPub.pdf NLJGA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists - 08/02/2019] </ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3nXQ25Ib84g |title=NBCU Academy at NLGJA 2025 |language=en |access-date=2026-05-08 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
== See also == * [[List of war correspondents]] * [[New Yorkers in journalism]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|6124245}} *{{Instagram|ellison.barber}}
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