Wilkine Brutus
ReporterWilkine Brutus is a reporter and producer for WLRN and a guest faculty member at the Poynter Institute. The South Florida native produces stories on topics surrounding local news, culture, art, politics and current affairs.
Brutus is also a guest host for WLRN’s South Florida Roundup show.Brutus currently serves as a mentor for SXSW’s Media & Journalism program and is the host of A Boat A Voyage, a 5-episode podcast that explores his Haitian mother’s refugee experience from the 1980s. Before joining WLRN, Brutus was the former digital reporter for the Palm Beach Post, producing video-based, profile features.
And before joining the Post and WLRN, Brutus was a freelance content creator who had amassed millions of views on his YouTube channel, particularly during his 4-year stint in South Korea. As a result, Brutus was invited to speak at Twitter headquarters for Scripps Howard School’s symposium on digital media, alongside Google Ventures, Bloomberg, Ebony Magazine, and LinkedIn.
Brutus is an alumni of Poynter Institute’s 2018 Power of Diverse Voices and 2019 Poynter Leadership Academy.
His guest appearances include PBS NewsHour, Philadelphia Inquirer, NPR Twitter Spaces, WPTV NewsChannel 5, WUCF TV PBS, Ebony Magazine, Miami New Times, Okayafrica, and L’Union Suite.
Brutus and his WLRN colleagues are the recipients of the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence.
He earned his a bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Studies from Florida Atlantic University.
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Tension grow in Broward County over staffing shortages at the 911 call center. Plus, Viter and Maria Juste built the foundation of what Little Haiti is today. We hear from their son about their family’s legacy. And it’s Wildlife Thursday — we’re talking about small creatures that have a mighty impact. -
Tension grow in Broward County over staffing shortages at the 911 call center. Plus, Viter and Maria Juste built the foundation of what Little Haiti is today. We hear from their son about their family’s legacy. And it’s Wildlife Thursday — we’re talking about small creatures that have a mighty impact.
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FLAVAR’s eclectic social gatherings in Palm Beach County aims to unite the tri-county’s young, multidisciplinary artists and entrepreneurs under one roof.
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The Asian-American murals at the exhibit at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens present evolving ideas about hyphenated identities, heritage, cultural assimilation and preservation.
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Sarah Mooney on Wednesday was sworn-in as Palm Beach County school district's police chief.
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Miss Ukraine International is in West Palm Beach. She is helping kids in the Black Sea city of OdesaMiss Ukraine International 2021 is unable to return back to Odesa, Ukraine, after Russians invaded her country during her stay in Florida.
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Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County will have over a thousand new lights across 18 miles. It's an effort to stop deadly car crashes on dark stretches of the roadway.
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West Palm Beach regulars and tourists, especially visitors from Japan, call this Jamaican coffeehouse home.
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Bradley Theodore combines art with social commentary
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The restoration is nearly complete for the Sunset Lounge, a historic venue in West Palm Beach that attracted some of the most influential Black jazz and soul singers from the 1930s through the 70s.
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SunFest is back! The eclectic festival on West Palm Beach’s Intracoastal Waterway is returning after a two year pandemic hiatus.
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English speakers have a new opportunity to explore how the Haitian Creole language can sound and feel: sweet and romantic, or even rebellious.
