Wilkine Brutus
Palm Beach County Bureau ReporterWilkine Brutus is an award-winning, Haitian-American journalist for WLRN, South Florida's NPR station. The Palm Beach County correspondent produces in-depth local and national stories on topics surrounding current affairs, government accountability, arts and culture — for radio, podcast and web.
Brutus was named 2023 Reporter of the Year by the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists. And he earned a 2023 regional Murrow Award for his investigative reporting.
Before joining WLRN, Brutus worked as Digital Reporter for the Palm Beach Post, producing print and video-based profiles of artists and entrepreneurs. Prior to that, he spent many years as a freelance journalist and English educator in South Korea, amassing millions of views on his YouTube channel.
He's the host of "A Boat A Voyage," a 5-episode podcast from his Maps & Diaries documentary platform. The podcast explores his Haitian mother’s account of her 1980s refugee experience in Miami.
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.
He earned his bachelor's degree in Multimedia Studies from Florida Atlantic University.
Contact Wilkine at wbrutus@wlrnnews.org
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AI-powered recommendation algorithms on social media are carving pop culture into tiny, personalized bubbles, fueling echo chambers and leaving fewer shared experiences. Creators and educators unpack what that means for creators, audiences and for the shared experiences we might be losing along the way. -
From the 1930s through the 70s, Black elders remember the Sunset Lounge in West Palm's Historic Northwest District as a place where jazz legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington performed. Now it's back. -
A new 3-day art activation during Soul Basel in Overtown seeks to highlight similarities and connection between human migration — and animal displacement through an array of murals. -
The Prizm Art Fair returns to Miami Art Week for its 13th season. About 25 contemporary artists from across the African Diaspora are showcasing what joy looks like to them. -
Through dazzling beadwork, a mixed-media art exhibit celebrates African Yoruba heritage and family traditions from a rising African star in global contemporary art. -
Haiti returns to World Cup after more than five decades and Curaçao has made history by becoming the smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup. -
For nearly five decades, Joan Crawford captivated audiences on the big screen. A new book by West Palm Beach native and author Scott Eyman, being presented at the Miami Book Fair this week, spotlights her complex story of survival, rumors and ambition. -
Boca Raton’s scaled-back government campus, the controversial mixed-use government campus redevelopment project near Boca Raton Brightline station, now faces voter referendums in next year's elections. -
Just under a dozen restaurants are participating in the seventh annual Taste of Recovery festival in Delray Beach, in the name of fighting drug addiction, at a time when the Palm Beach County is seeing a decrease in drug-related deaths. -
The 3rd annual Subtropic Film Festival at the Norton Museum of Art is where indie filmmakers share moving stories about immigration, family, and climate change. This year’s lineup highlights the beauty of the Everglades, with local docs mixing art, culture, and sustainability. -
Haitians across South Florida will honor a native tradition and spirituality as they celebrate the island nation’s annual Fèt Gede — Haiti's lesser-known version of Day of the Dead. -
For the first time, the National Battle of the Bands is bringing celebrated marching bands from Historically Black Colleges and Universities — HBCUs — to perform high-energy stadium sets that highlight music, dance, and showmanship.
