Burrows spent almost six years working as Nine's US correspondent, covering two US presidential elections, the LA riots and earthquakes.
In 1997 Burrows was posted to Nine's London Bureau where he covered the death of Princess Diana and the Iraq war.
He also made numerous trips to Majorca in Spain, covering fugitive Christopher Skase.
He went on to report on the Bali Nine drug arrests and the jailing of marijuana smuggler Schapelle Corby.
[3] After three years at the University of Tasmania, he turned his back on a career in the law and joined Hobart’s TVT6, where he covered the Franklin River dam controversy under the mentorship of journalist Hendrik Gout.