In 2006, and was one of the original team members to establish and launch the Washington bureau for Al Jazeera International, an award-winning English news channel. Barbara’s work focused on issues of poverty, inequality and social justice and her work carried her throughout the United States and Latin America. She has led teams in the field from places as farflung as the Miskito Coast of Nicaragua, as well as reported on several stories from “Main Street” America.Barbara has lived in Stockholm, Sweden and the United Kingdom but is orginally Los Angeles where her career began with CNN’s bureau there before she moved on to Atlanta and was an Associate Producer for CNN International.