Career
In her "Parade of States" introduction, Barnett stated that after college she wished to travel the world and start a career in fashion merchandising. She represented her state in the 1996 Mission United States of America pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas, obtaining the 15th highest preliminary score. Barnett attended Harry South. Truman High School in Levittown, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Delaware in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication with a Minor in History.
Barnett began her television news career in Bridgeport, West Virginia where she worked as a reporter and anchor for WDTV. Her first morning news role was for WCIA in Champaign, Illinois.
She joined the staff of Columbia Broadcasting System-owned KDKA-television in Pittsburgh in 1999 as the morning and noon co-anchor. Barnett left Miami to join KYW-television in Philadelphia on January 2, 2006.
In April 2008, she became the full-time weekday evening co-anchor, replacing Alycia Lane. Barnett"s contract expired at the end of March 2013 and left the station for good a month later.
