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Barbara Barrett
Regional Editor
E-mail Barbara Barrett at bbarrett@mcclatchydc.com
Barbara Barrett is the regional editor for McClatchy, supervising 10 correspondents who cover Washington for the chain's 30 newspapers.
She came to Washington in 2006 and previously served as the regional correspondent for the Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. She has been a reporter and editor at The N&O, the St. Petersburg Times, the York Daily Record and the Battle Creek Enquirer.
She won the Washington Press Foundation's David Lynch Award for regional reporting in 2011. In the past, she's won an Associated Press Managing Editors Association award for her work on returning war veterans and was on the team that was a Pulitzer finalist for coverage of Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
She has won awards for investigative, feature and sports writing, and is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Barbara Barrett's Latest Story
Health care for Camp Lejeune veterans clears Senate hurdle
By Barbara Barrett | McClatchy Newspapers
Thousands of Marine veterans and family members across the country who once lived at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Marine base may be closer to getting health care for illnesses suffered because of decades of water contamination on the base. » read more
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011
Barbara Barrett's Recent Stories
· Senate committee approves legislation on Lejeune water contamination
06/29/2011 12:21 pm EDT
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06/16/2011 05:28 pm EDT
· Supreme Court rules against N.C. in juvenile Miranda rights
06/16/2011 11:26 am EDT
· Congress looks at bus safety after string of fatal crashes
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· Vote on Lejeune contamination expected this month
06/10/2011 03:27 pm EDT
· Bill to help Camp Lejeune water victims faces uphill fight
06/08/2011 05:28 pm EDT
· White House to announce more on initiative to link skilled workers, manufacturers
06/08/2011 07:26 am EDT
· After meteoric rise, Edwards takes a fall like few others
06/03/2011 07:01 pm EDT
· Hagan moves to replace Holding as U.S. Attorney; Burr not yet ready
06/03/2011 11:02 am EDT
· If Edwards is indicted, spotlight's on Justice Department unit
06/02/2011 06:31 pm EDT
· Rep. McHenry blasted over treatment of consumer advocate Warren
05/25/2011 03:54 pm EDT
· Obama will head back to North Carolina in June
05/25/2011 02:54 pm EDT
· Sparks fly at hearing on consumer protection bureau
05/24/2011 05:52 pm EDT
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