Ellison Barber is a correspondent and fill-in anchor at NBC News. She is also the host of the Netflix weekly video podcast, Allegedly, produced by NBC News Studios.
She covered the high-profile murder trial of Alex Murdaugh in South Carolina and anchored NBC News’ breaking coverage the night Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania.
Ellison spent roughly 150 days reporting on the war in Ukraine and is the only U.S. correspondent to anchor live from the Israel-Gaza border at the start of the 2023 war. She was among the first journalists to report that the U.S. Capitol had been breached on January 6, for which she received an Emmy award.
Her hard-earned, on the ground experience allows her to effortlessly – and credibly – break down facts and ask the questions people most want answered.
When she’s not reporting from conflict zones or covering breaking news for NBC, Ellison is deep in Reddit threads and catching up on true crime documentaries.
