[2] He worked as a reporter for newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs,[3] and The Wall Street Journal.
Burrows specialized in space and national security issues and his latest book is The Asteroid Threat.
He is the author of twelve books and numerous articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Foreign Affairs, Harvard Magazine, Harper's and other publications.
His most recent book, The Asteroid Threat: Defending Our Planet From Deadly Near-Earth Objects, was published on June 10, 2014.
Burrows was the only non-scientist on the National Research Council's Near-Earth Object Survey and Detection Panel.