Email: william.burrows@nyu.edu
William Burrows is the director and founder of the Science and Environmental Reporting Program. A former reporter for The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, Burrows specializes in space and national security issues. He is the author of Richthofen: A True History of the Red Baron (1969), Vigilante (1976), Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security (1987), Exploiting Space: Voyages in the Solar System and Beyond (1990), Critical Mass: The Dangerous Spread of Superweapons in a Fragmenting World (1993 with Robert Windrem), Mission to Deep Space (1993) and most recently This New Ocean: A History of the First Space Age (1998). In addition, Burrows authored a basic reporting text, On Reporting the News (1977). His articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Foreign Affairs, Harvard Magazine and Harpers. Currently, Burrows is contributing editor to Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine.
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