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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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. -
Palm Beach officials are pushing to change the year-round no-fly zone over President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club. The FAA recently banned aircraft within one mile of the estate at all times, causing community complaints and forcing planes from Palm Beach International Airport to reroute. -
Hollywood’s golden age returns to South Florida as the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County unveils the Lake Theatre Revival Series, celebrating the landmark’s 85th anniversary. Once a 1,000-seat movie palace -
County commissioners voted six to zero Oct. 21 to temporarily raise the cap on investments in Israeli government-backed bonds from 15 to 18 percent of the county’s portfolio.
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What to do with high Florida property taxes and property insurance? Republican Representative Anne Gerwig and Democratic Senator Lori Berman spoke with constituents at a bipartisan forum in Palm Beach County. -
In a surprise move, President Donald Trump has nominated Lee Lipton, owner of the iconic Benny’s on the Beach, as the next U.S. ambassador to the Philippines.
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After Mamdani — a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist — won the New York mayoral primary in June, Palm Beach County business and government leaders began positioning the area to capitalize on his rise. Anticipating increased business migration and economic growth in South Florida, they have been actively wooing uneasy New York City firms. -
Palm Beach County officials said the upgrade is essential to meet the needs of the county’s growing population and to extend the life of the county’s only landfill.
