Ellison Barber Biography
Ellison Barber is a New York-based American journalist and NBC News correspondent. She writes for NBC News, MSNBC, and NBC News Now, among other outlets. As a mob attacked and overwhelmed the United States Capitol, Barber was reporting from outside the building. NBC News broadcasted her live throughout the evening.
Ellison Barber Age
She is 32 years old as of 20 October 2021. She was born in 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Her real name is Ellison Litton Barber.
Ellison Barber Family – Education
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wofford College in 2012, and she is originally from Atlanta, Georgia.
Ellison Barber Boyfriend
Andy Tongren is rumored to be dating Barber. They’ve been dating for a while, but they don’t try to hide the relationship and post glimpses of their love life on social media. Her social media also clearly demonstrates that, despite her hectic and demanding work, she makes time for Andy. Andy’s Instagram account is also full of photos of him and Ellison from various occasions and events.
Ellison Barber Career
Barber started as a New York-based correspondent for NBC News on April 15, 2020. She covered the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic in the United States extensively. She’s worked in COVID ICUs all around the country, reporting from Alaska to Mississippi.
Barber was reporting from outside the United States Capitol when a crowd of Trump supporters invaded and took control of the facility. Throughout the evening, she remained on-air. Barber worked for Washington’s CBS station, WUSA, as a general assignment reporter and the Prince George’s County Deputy Bureau Chief before joining NBC.
Barber covered a variety of topics for WUSA, including the 2015 mass murder of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa in Washington, D.C., the March 2016 U.S. Capitol lock-down, and the protests following Terrence Sterling’s shooting. She joined Fox News as a general assignment journalist in April 2017.
Barber covered Venezuela’s political unrest and the resulting refugee problem in neighboring nations in 2019. When gunshots erupted at the Simón Bolvar International Bridge, she and her crew were reporting on the Venezuela-Colombia border. A thirty-minute shootout occurred. Barber was also the first English-language reporter from the United States to fly to Maicao, Colombia, to cover the UNHCR assistance camp set up to help refugees fleeing Venezuela’s political upheaval.
Ellison Barber Net Worth
Barber has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Ellison Barber Salary
She earns an annual salary of $1 million.