Barnett joined Sky News in 2007 from the Press Association's video unit and within a year was part of the award-winning TV show Sky.com News, covering all aspects of multimedia, such as presenting news stories on location for Sky News' online video section.

Currently she produces Sky News online's popular web-only TV debate programme Unplugged, as well as shooting and editing video and writing for the website.

“In a multimedia age, she is a true multimedia journalist,” says Sky News online executive producer Julian March.