Wilkine Brutus
Wilkine 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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As Hurricane Ian tore through Lee County, some of the evacuees fled to Palm Beach County. They discuss their decision to leave, their gratitude toward those who helped them here — and what they found when they returned home. -
Families in Palm Beach County hoped protesting would convince Sheriff Ric Bradshaw to equip his deputies with Narcan. Their pleas haven't worked — until now. -
A nonprofit organization serving adults with disabilities put together a small bell choir as a form of music therapy. -
Consumer confidence among the multi-ethnic Hispanic population, the fastest growing population and a growing base for the demand of goods and services, is bleak. -
Miss Ukraine International is in West Palm Beach. She is helping kids in the Black Sea city of OdesaElena Dunder is unable to return back to Odesa, Ukraine, after Russians invaded her country during her stay in Florida. -
A new wave of opioid deaths, fueled by fentanyl, is raising old fears in Palm Beach County. Meantime, sheriff's office policy on naloxone is an outlier in the state.
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The federal fight against the soot and ash from pre-harvest sugarcane burns has ended — for now. -
The legendary Sunset Lounge is returning as part of a broader revitalization effort in the Historic Northwest District. -
The Center for Child Counseling and Palm Beach Pediatrics are working together to blend mental health services into primary pediatric care. -
The confessed Parkland school shooter may face the death penalty after a hearing Wednesday. Here's what that could mean, some of the history of the penalty in Florida, and a timeline for what's next in his case.
