Erin Burnett '98, host of CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront gives the keynote address at Williams College convocation. Until her move last fall to CNN's primetime lineup, Burnett was a highly visible business journalist at NBC. At CNBC she anchored Street Signs and co-anchored Squawk on the Street. She also appeared regularly on Today and Nightly News with Brian Williams and was a contributor on MSNBC's Morning Joe. She anchored CNBC's first live programs from the Middle East and India. Burnett has hosted a number of documentaries produced overseas, including India Rising: The New Empire, The Russian Gamble, and Dollars & Dangers: Africa, the Final Investment Frontier. She has also focused on the Middle East, reporting live from across the region and hosting documentaries, including On Assignment: Iraq, Big Money & The Middle East, City of Money and Mystery and The Forbidden Zone. Before joining NBC she anchored two hours of daily programming for Bloomberg TV.