[2] Five years after starting in radio, she transferred to television and in 1996 joined ITV Meridian as a sports reporter/presenter for the nightly news programme Meridian Tonight, based at studios in Newbury, Berks, as well as presenting for sports programme A406.
Barr moved to the London News Network in 1999, covering sporting events and she also presented LWT's Goals Extra programme.
Al Jazeera English launched on 15 November 2006 and Barr was a London news-anchor for its flagship Newshour programme.
She presented the mid-week late afternoon and evening news and conducted links with correspondents in Europe.
She has presented Talk to Al Jazeera, where she was one of the first TV journalists to interview the freed FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt.