Ellison Barber

Ellison Barber is an American journalist and correspondent for NBC News based in New York. She contributes to NBC News, MSNBC and NBC News Now. Prior to joining the network, Barber worked as a general assignment reporter for FOX News Channel (FNC) from 2017 - 2020. Barber served as the Prince George's County Deputy Bureau Chief and reporter for WUSA-TV (CBS 9) in Washington, DC. Throughout her career, she has covered a wide array of stories including, the 2015 DC mansion murders of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, the March 2016 U.S. Capitol lock down and severe local weather conditions. Additionally, Barber contributed her investigative reporting to a five-part series on missing savings bonds, which led her through three states and eventually returning the savings bonds back to the rightful owner. Barber graduated from Wofford College in 2012.