Wilkine Brutus
Palm Beach County ReporterWilkine Brutus is the Palm Beach County Reporter for WLRN. The award-winning journalist produces stories on topics surrounding local news, culture, art, politics and current affairs.
Brutus and his colleagues are the recipients of the 2021 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence, the first time the station has won the award at the national level.
Before joining WLRN, Brutus worked as a Digital Reporter for the Palm Beach Post, producing print and video-based profiles of artists and entrepreneurs in Palm Beach County. Prior to that, he was an educator and freelance journalist who had amassed millions of views on his YouTube channel during his four-year stint in South Korea.
He's the host of "A Boat A Voyage," a 5-episode podcast that explores his Haitian mother’s account of her 1980s refugee experience in Miami.
Brutus is a guest faculty member at the Poynter Institute and serves as a mentor for SXSW’s Media & Journalism program. He earned his bachelor's degree in Multimedia Studies from Florida Atlantic University.
Work and guest appearances include PBS NewsHour, NPR and WBUR's Here & Now, PRX's The World, Philadelphia Inquirer, WPTV NewsChannel 5, WUCF TV PBS, Ebony Magazine, Okayafrica, L’Union Suite, and other media outlets.
Contact Wilkine at wbrutus@wlrnnews.org
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Nearly three years to the day after Floyd’s, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison visited South Florida to talk about his book 'Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence'. He spoke to WLRN about the troubling history of policing in America and ways to implement reforms in the criminal justice system. -
West Palm Beach's Office of Sustainability is planting hundreds of trees to address heat levels in historically underserved neighborhoods.
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A TV writer and actor from West Palm Beach has been on the frontlines of a Hollywood writer's strike, fighting for better pay and protections from AI and other issues.
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The Palm Beach County community faced the prospect of losing the iconic restaurant, but after a months-long lease negotiation that sparked protests and debates between commissioners and residents, the city commission approved a new lease at a meeting Wednesday evening.
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In a dispute that has divided the community, the iconic beachfront Palm Beach County restaurant could leave Lake Worth Beach if the city and its owner don't agree on a new lease at a meeting on Wednesday.
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The 5-2 vote followed a day’s worth of presentations by county staff and GL Homes, and passionate remarks from proponents and critics, many of whom argued more development could have costly environmental impacts on the region.
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Alongside The Chainsmokers and Jack Johnson, the West Palm Beach festival will feature rising homegrown talent like singer Allegra Miles and pop group East Harbor.
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The Palm Beach County Commission is expected on Wednesday to take up a controversial luxury development proposal from GL Homes that has drawn intense criticism from many environmental experts and residents.
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Residents are cleaning up the damage and debris left behind by a tornado that passed through several communities in the northern part of Palm Beach County over the weekend. The powerful storm system overturned cars and boats, damaged homes and uprooted large trees.
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Florida is second in the nation in school book censorship. The director of a library in Palm Beach County is concerned that public libraries could start facing the same challenges.
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Homeowners in Briny Breezes, a small ocean-front mobile home community in Palm Beach County that sits on the Intracoastal Waterway, are said to be looking for a deal closer to $1 billion.
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Tri-Rail undergoes its first train design in more than 20 years as commuter ridership increases by 25%.
