Natasha Barrett

Who is Natasha Barrett?

Natasha Barrett is an American broadcast journalist. She is a reporter for WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. and she also hosts the daily talk show Let's Talk Live on WJLA's sister station, Newschannel 8. She is originally from Houston, Texas.

Barrett studied in London, England while attending American University in Washington. While in London, she worked for CNBC Europe. She graduated from American with a BA in Broadcast Journalism and Computer Information Systems. She has worked at two stations in Texas: KZTV in Corpus Christi, followed by KCEN-TV in Waco. She joined WVEC-TV in Norfolk, Virginia as an investigative reporter in 2003. Then, in 2006, she joined WJLA as a reporter.

Barrett has received numerous awards for her work in journalism. Those awards include a Breaking News Award for her day long coverage of a deadly church bus crash from the Texas Associated Press. She is also the recipient of an Investigative Reporting Award from the Virginia Associated Press for her work at WVEC-TV.

In 2007, she was nominated for the Hottest Female On-air in Washington.