KHRISTOPHER J. BROOKS is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch in New York. He covers economic disparities and other national breaking business and financial news.
Before coming to CBS, Mr. Brooks was a towns reporter for Newsday on Long Island where he produced enterprise, government watchdog and general feature stories focused on communities directly east of New York City. Mr. Brooks was also the innovation and entrepreneurship reporter for the Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester, New York. He has covered higher education at The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., the Omaha World-Herald and the Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier.
Brooks, a Detroit native, loves professional basketball, herb gardening, traveling and cooking seafood. He began his journalism career in 2000 as a varsity sports reporter for his high school newspaper in Romulus, Mich. He holds a bachelor’s degree in News/Editorial Journalism and General Political Science from Central Michigan and a master's degree in Literary Reportage from New York University.
