Khristopher J. Brooks

Journalist. Professor. Blogger. Thinker.

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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, studied journalism and political science at Central Michigan University and narrative nonfiction at New York University.

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Folio Weekly
04/23/2014
THE PLAN THAT NEVER WAS - Folio Weekly

Just before 7 on a mid-March morning, when everyone else in her home is waking up, Errin Walker starts her commute to work. She dodges the drivers who text with one hand, the other on the steering wheel. The single mother of four merges onto I-95 as her cell phone rings.

TheLedger.com
Official Tells Poly More Documentation Needed for Accreditation Effort

LAKELAND | Florida Polytechnic University has to submit even more documents in its accreditation application before the process can move forward. The university must prove that six professors with law degrees are qualified to teach ethics classes, and the university must show plans for self-improvement within all its administrative units.

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