The Weather Channel Digital Content Team

Brandon Burton

Brandon Burton is a senior assignment editor at weather.com. Based out of Atlanta, Brandon began his career in 2012.

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Educational Background

B.A. in Digital and Broadcast Journalism, University of Georgia

What I Do

Senior Assignment Editor

How I Got To The Weather Company

I am a native Detroiter who grew up in Atlanta, trading cold, snowy Michigan winters for hot and humid Georgia summers. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 2012, I spent five years as a news producer in Columbia, South Carolina. In 2018, I returned home to Atlanta to join The Weather Company and go all-in on weather. I find passion in visual storytelling and content creation.

Weather was a frequent focal point with a historic flood event in 2015 and several landfalling hurricanes. Brandon won four Southeast Emmy Awards, including two for hurricane coverage in 2016 and 2017.

What I Love About Working for The Weather Company

I love working hand-in-hand with the industry's most knowledgeable and passionate weather experts. Their commitment to excellence and accuracy is the key cog of our newsroom.

Favorite Weather Areas

Hurricanes

Core Weather Memory

In October 2015, a major flood event devastated South Carolina, where I was living with my wife and young daughter. We had been just starting our life as a family and I was working as a news producer in Columbia. It was my toughest test yet as a journalist with wall-to-wall coverage demands for a straight week. We weren’t just covering a major story, we were all living it. The lingering impacts for weeks, months and even years later are a personal reminder of the importance of the work we do at The Weather Company.