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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An NPR investigation found that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sells a disproportionately high number of properties in flood zones, including more than 230 in South Florida. -
Bud Howard, the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District's director of information services, says scientists anticipated a signifiant amount of traces of the virus in the sewage system — and in the community. -
Pregnant people have suppressed immune systems, so South Florida doctors say they need to consider the urgency of getting vaccinated against COVID-19, particularly given that the delta variant of the coronavirus is so contagious. -
With the help of a local West Palm Beach nonprofit, this teen made it through the pandemic and his high school career. -
A non-profit syringe needle exchange program in Palm Beach County says the pandemic has played a role in the spike in drug overdose deaths. -
The adopted twin sisters, who were separated at birth, say they will use their newfound interest in Korean culture and food to help connect their years back together. -
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. -
Since the pandemic began, there have been thousands of reports of hate crimes and incidents of harassment directed at Asian Americans across the country. -
The 33-year old wife and mother of two says she and her family wanted to be more active in the new vaccine rollout. -
Students at historically Black colleges and universities in Florida are finding different ways to cope with illness, grief, family obligations and uncertainty. For the multiethnic Black community, COVID-19 has been an added stressor atop another centuries-long pandemic: racial injustice.
