Barbara Morse Silva joined NBC 10 in June 1995 as a health reporter.

Prior to that, Barbara was the weekend general assignment reporter at WISH-TV in Indianapolis, a television news anchor/reporter at WLVI-TV in Boston, a general assignment reporter for WLNE-TV in Providence, a news reporter at WAND in Decatur, Ill., and at KOLD-TV in Tucson, Ariz.

Barbara was nominated for Emmy Awards in 1993, 1999 and 2001. She was a recipient of the American Heart Association's First Annual Media Awards for her series of reports on the "Chain of Survival" for heart attack victims.

More recently, Barbara was honored by the Rhode Island Black Nurses' Association, Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island, and the Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Rhode Island. She is very active in the community and with a number of nonprofit health organizations in our area.

Barbara is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. She was also co-host of the 1993 WLVI-TV special, "Beyond the Hate," as well as the co-host of the Easter Seals Telethon in 1993.

Barbara graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communications.

Barbara enjoys spending time with her husband and children and many mornings she can be seen pounding the pavement in her neighborhood.