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Alice Barr Biography
Alice Barr is an American journalist working as a general assignment reporter working for NBC DFW. She joined NBC in May 2016.
Barr grew up in Bethesda, just outside Washington, D.C, USA. She lives in Metroplex with her fiance. She attended the University of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and graduated alma mater.
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Alice Barr Career | Alice Barr NBC 5 News | Alice Barr NBC DFW
Alice joined NBC 5 News back in May 2016. She won an Emmy Award for her work on a local activist who gained a news perspective going through police shoot-don’t-shoot training.
Before going to Lone Star State, she used to work at KCTV5 situated in Kansas City. Alice has also worked at WIFR located in Rockford where she had many tasks.
She worked as an anchor, reporter, producer, video shooter, and editor as well. Barr has also worked in National newsrooms gaining much experience.
She was a desk assistant at NBC News Nightline and interned at Ted Koppel’s show. Alice has also worked as an intern at CNN, National Geographic and worked for documentary filmmakers, Steve James, and Peter Gilbert.
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Company Name NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Total Duration 3 yrs 5 mos
Title Washington Correspondent for NBC News Channel
Dates Employed Aug 2019 – Present
Employment Duration 2 mos
Location Washington D.C. Metro Area
Title News Reporter
Dates Employed May 2016 – Present
Employment Duration 3 yrs 5 mos
Location Dallas/Fort Worth Area
News Reporter
Company Name KHOU-TV
Dates Employed Apr 2014 – Apr 2016
Employment Duration 2 yrs 1 mo
Location Houston, Texas Area
News Reporter
Company Name KCTV / KSMO / Meredith Corporation
Dates Employed Apr 2012 – Apr 2014
Employment Duration 2 yrs 1 mo
Location Kansas City, Missouri Area
News Reporter
Company Name KGAN TV
Dates Employed Dec 2009 – Mar 2012
Employment Duration 2 yrs 4 mos
Location Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area
News Reporter
Company Name WIFR – TV
Dates Employed Oct 2006 – Dec 2009
Employment Duration 3 yrs 3 mos
Location Rockford, Illinois Area
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Hidden History: A Secret Desk Drawer Leads North Texas Man to Uncover a Stranger’s Tragic Past
A North Texas man discovered the hidden history of a stranger’s family and devoted years of his life to unraveling it. It’s a tragic story from Nazi Germany that holds lessons for today.
In any family tree, some branches grow together, while some are joined by choice or chance.
“I know them so well,” said Tim Mallard, looking at a series of black and white photos laid out in front of him. “They’re more than family, they’re friends. They’re just old friends that I’ve known for a long time.”
This family’s roots are made of mahogany, bound together by an antique desk that Mallard bought in an estate sale. A secret drawer inside took him on a 30-year quest for answers.
“The first thing I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, there could be stocks, bonds, money, gold coins!’ I was really, really excited,” Mallard said. “Instead there were a bunch of letters and they were all in German.”
Though he couldn’t read them, Mallad was drawn to the letters, dated around World War II. He tried for years to have them translated.
“People would read them and they would start crying,” Mallard said.
He finally learned why. They tell the story of a Christian German family, the Weisses, during the Russian invasion at the end of the war.
“They had formed a pact, evidently, to commit suicide if something unspeakable happened,” Mallard said.
And then it did.
The mother and a 13-year-old daughter were both raped repeatedly by Russian soldiers.
“She begged her daddy to die and he honored that request,” Mallard said.
A witness wrote to the little girl’s aunt Helene Sebba, maiden name Weiss, the woman who owned the desk.
Sebba had escaped to England, where she locked the letters away inside the wooden desk, shielding the story of one battered branch of her family tree.
“It’s horrible and it’s such a strange feeling,” Mallard said. “I have two daughters, so right away you get into the head of that father.”
Mallard set out to find surviving family members, and Facebook gave him the final clue.
“Ten minutes on the internet literally, after 30 years and I find Frank,” Mallard said.
Frank Pringham is Helene Sebba’s grandson. He lives in Atlanta.
“I do remember the desk sitting in her apartment,” Pringham said via Skype. “I think the amazing thing is how my grandmother kept all this to herself.”
Together he and Mallard decided to break the silence.
“There were hundreds of people that committed suicide along with my great uncle and his family,” Pringham said. “With this story, we actually were able to put names and faces together, rather than just statistics and data.”
“When you start to see the people and you get to know the people, the time disappears, the numbers have names and faces and personalities and I think we need to keep that fresh,” Mallard said.
The intimacy of the letters brings the family back.
“I’m assuming that those are from tears, where the ink is smeared,” Mallard said, pointing to the pages. “In my mind, they’re still alive, they’re still speaking.”
It’s as if they’re calling out across the generations to keep moving forward and bring that secret pain to light, so lessons from the past can take root.
“You want to bring meaning to those deaths,” Mallard said. “But more than that, you want to celebrate the lives that were taken and give them their names back.”
Mallad and Pringham are now planning a trip to Germany together to visit the places where this story happened and pay respects at the family’s grave.