James Brooke (journalist)

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James Brooke
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Born
James Bettner Brooke

(1955-02-21) February 21, 1955 (age 69)
Occupationjournalist
Notable credit(s) Bloomberg News, The New York Times , the Miami Herald , The Berkshire Eagle

James Bettner Brooke [1] (born February 21, 1955, in New York City [2] ) is an American journalist who currently serves as editor in chief of the Ukraine Business News, an English-language subscription news site based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Previously, he was editor in chief of the English-language Khmer Times newspaper, in Cambodia. From 2010 to 2014, he was the Russia/former Soviet Union Bureau Chief for Voice of America, based in Moscow. For VOA, he wrote Russia Watch, a weekly blog. Previously, he worked as Moscow Bureau Chief for Bloomberg. Before Bloomberg, he reported for 24 years for The New York Times , largely overseas in countries such as Japan, South Korea, Ivory Coast and Brazil.

Posts held by Brooke at The New York Times have included:

Brooke graduated from Yale University with a BA in Latin American studies and was a stringer for United Press International as a student. In 1976, he spent a semester at Pontificia Universidade Catolica in Rio de Janeiro.

After graduation, Brooke was a freelance reporter and part-time staffer at The Berkshire Eagle in Massachusetts from June 1977 to April 1978. Prior to joining the Times as a reporter in 1984, he was the South American correspondent for the Miami Herald .

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References

  1. "James Brooke Weds Elizabeth A. Heilman." The New York Times, 8 September 1985.
  2. The New York Times Ask a Reporter Q&A: James Brooke