Brook Silva-Braga is an Emmy-award winning journalist and filmmaker whose work has aired on HBO, CBS, MTV, National Geographic and CNBC. Work and curiosity have taken him to more than 70 countries on six continents. While traveling the world, he shot and edited three profitable and critically acclaimed documentaries. He currently contributes magazine-style stories to CBS News.

Selected Stories

March 25, 2023  Developments in AI are creating new possibilities and alarming questions

June 24, 2023  Steve Denette spent seven years building a wooden sailboat by hand

June 18, 2022  Mega-fires are taking an unseen toll on the underpaid men who fight them, creating a crisis in the Forest Service

December 17, 2022  Architects and developers are pushing the limits of super tall skyscrapers

April 2, 2022  New rules are bringing unlikely people to the center of college sports

February 20, 2021 American films are being re-written to cater to an important audience: the Chinese government

January 29, 2022 Is Bitcoin the future of money?

April 18, 2020 A stunning look at New York City during the height of COVID-19

October 14, 2018 Flat-Earthers insist the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee and a tiny sun is hovering just overhead

April 1, 2018 When Steven Spielberg decided to make a movie based on a book by a notice author, our Brook Silva-Braga just had to find out why.

February 3, 2019 CBS Sports will have 115 cameras shooting Super Bowl LIII. That’s good news for fans but maybe not for replay producer Ryan Galvin.

Anchoring

Documentaries

“The China Question” aired on CNBC.

To understand the economic, political and moral implications of China’s rise, Brook Silva-Braga spent over a year traveling both China and America. On a thoughtful, personal journey into corners of the People’s Republic often off-limits to western journalists we meet ordinary people dealing with extraordinary change.

“A Map for Saturday” aired on MTV & National Geographic.

On a trip around the world, every day feels like Saturday. “A Map for Saturday” reveals a world of long-term, solo travel through the stories of trekkers on four continents.

“One Day in Africa” toured film festivals throughout 2009

On a single day at the messy juncture of tradition and modernity, six people from different geographic and cultural backgrounds describe six versions of the African story

Other Projects

“One Month Lease: Berlin” is the pilot episode of a travel/culture series.

“The Marriage Test,” a relationship memoir, was published by Penguin/Berkley in 2016 and featured on The TODAY Show, NPR, Rachael Ray, Fox & Friends, NY Post, Good Housekeeping, Glamour and elsewhere.