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.

From 2010 to 2014, he was the Russia/former Soviet Union Bureau Chief for Voice of America, based in Moscow.

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.

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.