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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One Muslim leader in Palm Beach County is urging people to enjoy observing Ramadan and to take the COVID-19 vaccine. -
Taekwondo fighter Aliyah Shipman says she's ready to compete in the Tokyo Olympics as, so far, the only athlete representing Haiti.
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Democratic state Rep. Omari Hardy, who represents north Palm Beach County along the coast, says the particle emissions added in the proposed expansion of the "Right to Farm Act" will negatively impact marginalized communities.
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The first-ever National Poetry Month Festival at Riviera Beach City Marina aims to help people find solace during the pandemic.
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Palm Beach County’s Teacher of the Year says Holocaust education and Black history help broaden her students perspective about the world.
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The Compass Center in Lake Worth Beach teamed up with the Jewish Women's Federation to create a new economic program that will help the trans community navigate the workforce.
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In the wake of the deadly shooting in Atlanta, “silence is violence, we are not a virus” chants were heard at rallies and demonstrations across the country.
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The new development is set to bring new foot traffic to downtown Delray Beach.
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Since the pandemic began, there have been thousands of reports of hate crimes and incidents of harassment directed at Asian Americans across the country.
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Challenger Christopher McVoy defeated Carla Blockson in the District 2 runoff election.
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Dr. Chad Rudnick, founder of Boca VIPediatrics, says this could be very promising for a post-COVID future.
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Leontyne Brown says a "low living wage" is a major impediment to those goals, creating a negative domino effect in Black and Hispanic communities.
