James Brooke (journalist)

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name = James Brooke
| birthname = James Bettner Brooke
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birth_place = New York City
age = 52
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occupation = journalist
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gender = male
status = married
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spouse = Elizabeth Ann Heilman
children = three sons
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credits = Bloomberg News, "The New York Times", "The Miami Herald", "The Berkshire Eagle"
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James Bettner Brooke"James Brooke Weds Elizabeth A. Heilman." "The New York Times", 8 September 1985.] (born February 21, 1955 in New York City [ [http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/james_brooke.html "The New York Times" Ask a Reporter Q&A: James Brooke ] ] ) is an American journalist who currently works for Bloomberg News. Previously, he had spent much of his career as a reporter for "The New York Times".

Among the posts Brooke has held at the "Times":
* assistant to James Reston, Washington columnist, 1978-80
* metropolitan reporter, 1984-86
* bureau chief, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, December 1986-January 1989
* bureau chief, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 1989-July 1995
* Rocky Mountain bureau chief, Denver, Colorado, August 1995-1999
* bureau chief, Canada, August 1999- 2001
* East Asia correspondent (Japan, South Korea, North Korea) based in Tokyo, August 2001-?

Brooke graduated from Yale University with a B.A. 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".

Personal

Brooke is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. B. Brooke of Lenox, Mass.

Brooke is married to Elizabeth Ann Heilman. They have three sons.

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