Ellison Barber is an American journalist and correspondent for NBC News. She frequently reports from conflict zones and contributes reporting to all NBC News platforms, including NBC News, MSNBC and NBC News Now. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she graduated from Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2012. Barber spent months on the ground reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and was among the first group of international correspondents to report on the Israel-Hamas War in 2023.