Wilkine Brutus
ReporterWilkine Brutus is a multimedia journalist for WLRN, South Florida's NPR, and a member of Washington Post/Poynter Institute’s 2019 Leadership Academy. A former Digital Reporter for The Palm Beach Post, Brutus produces enterprise stories on topics surrounding people, community innovation, entrepreneurship, art, culture, and current affairs.
Brutus is also the podcast host of A Boat A Voyage, a 5-episode journey inside the mind of his Haitian mother's refugee experience. After amassing millions of views on his YouTube channel, particularly during his 5-year stint in South Korea, he was eventually invited to speak at Twitter Headquarters for Scripps Howard School's symposium on digital media, alongside Google Ventures, Bloomberg, Ebony Magazine, and LinkedIn. He's also a 2018 member of Poynter Institute's Power of Diverse Voices. And he was a scheduled speaker at SXSW 2020 for the Media & Journalism convergence track.
In 2016, he was the star of an international viral video about the nature of human touch; republished by the New York Post, the video, shot in Jeju Island, South Korea, currently sits at 6 million views on Facebook. The video encapsulated his "human interconnectedness" theme on his YouTube channel.
Other appearances include the Philadelphia Inquirer, WHYY(NPR affiliate), WPTV NewsChannel 5, the Karen Hunter Show on SiriusXM, The Decision podcast with Alex Kapelman, MTV, BET, Ebony Magazine, Miami New Times, Okayafrica, Okayplayer, Complex, L'Union Suite, and other media outlets.
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Scottie Barnes, who was drafted out of Florida State University, is the second student athlete from Cardinal Newman High School to go pro in the last four years. -
The Historical European Martial Arts class is a dream come true for fans of the centuries-old fighting styles. The senior instructor for the Palm Beach Sword School is Lake Worth Beach city spokesman Ben Kerr.
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The city of Boca Raton is proposing a 30-year building recertification code that will be checked every 10 years after. The move comes after last month's collapse at the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside.
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The Delray Beach Public Library is bringing the library experience to neighborhoods across the city. And they’re doing it by way of a golf cart — it’s all the rage for children searching for free books and summer programs.
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School board members voted unanimously to have Mike Burke, the district's chief financial officer, become the interim superintendent. They also decided against a mask mandate in schools — after hours of public comment.
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An 18-year-old taekwondo fighter from Plantation was on the verge of competing in the Tokyo Olympics for Haiti. Unexpectedly, her family says, she was disqualified. Now the courts are involved, as the games are set to begin soon.
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The selected works of the five fellows are on display at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County headquarters in Lake Worth Beach and the exhibit runs through Aug. 27.
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Qualified families have already moved or in the process of moving into homes in the Glades, Pahokee, and South Bay neighborhoods. And several homes are set to complete at the end of the year.
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Despite calls for peace and unity, many Haitians in the diaspora are concerned about the political power plays after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
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Officials in Riviera Beach say a new nuisance ordinance may stop gunshots, drug activity and other disturbances from negatively affecting city resources.
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Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer says the partial condo collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside is spurring discussion about a more stringent recertification process in his city.
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With the help of a local West Palm Beach nonprofit, this teen made it through the pandemic and his high school career.
