Wilkine Brutus
Palm Beach County Bureau ReporterWilkine Brutus is the Palm Beach County Reporter for WLRN. The award-winning journalist produces stories on topics surrounding local news, culture, art, politics and current affairs.
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.
Before joining WLRN, Brutus worked as a Digital Reporter for the Palm Beach Post, producing print and video-based profiles of artists and entrepreneurs in Palm Beach County. Prior to that, he was an educator and freelance journalist who had amassed millions of views on his YouTube channel during his four-year stint in South Korea.
He's the host of "A Boat A Voyage," a 5-episode podcast that explores his Haitian mother’s account of her 1980s refugee experience in Miami.
Brutus is a guest faculty member at the Poynter Institute and serves as a mentor for SXSW’s Media & Journalism program. He earned his bachelor's degree in Multimedia Studies from Florida Atlantic University.
Work and guest appearances include PBS NewsHour, NPR and WBUR's Here & Now, PRX's The World, Philadelphia Inquirer, WPTV NewsChannel 5, WUCF TV PBS, Ebony Magazine, Okayafrica, L’Union Suite, and other media outlets.
Contact Wilkine at wbrutus@wlrnnews.org
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West Palm Beach’s GreenMarket, a free waterfront event, is back for its 30th anniversary, kicking off with a special opening day ceremony this weekend.
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The police chief for West Palm Beach has been fired from his position after five years of service, announced Mayor Keith James during a Tuesday press conference.
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In the name of fighting drug addiction, more than a dozen restaurants are participating in the sixth annual Taste of Recovery festival in Delray Beach.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in West Palm Beach he will sign an executive order initiating a state-level investigation into the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. -
Officials on Monday provided updates after a man was charged in connection to the assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club. -
OTC Editions curates one of a few eclectic, underground music and art scenes in Palm Beach County. Their latest show challenges the relationship between fashion and art -
Norton Museum's 'Art After Dark' is teasing music and art aficionados with a little nostalgia through Sade-inspired smooth jazz of the 1990s and the 1950s kinetic art movement. -
Westlake, Palm Beach County's newest city, is home to more than 7,600 people, seven times the population figure in 2020 — and now a revamped housing program is trying to entice skilled residents. -
Nearly two dozen indie music bands are riding the momentum of punk's resurgence at BumbleFest, Palm Beach County’s preeminent indie music festival -
The private Vanderbilt University wants to build a half-billion dollar campus in West Palm Beach, bringing even more prestige and clout to the fast-growing city. -
WLRN’s reporters were out on the field across South Florida covering primary election day — from the polls to the parties. Here are some of the key results from Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, and the Florida Keys. -
Two prominent Democrats, Bobby Powell Jr. and Richard A. Ryles, competed to be the next Palm Beach County commissioner in Tuesday's primary election. Powell Jr. came out on top. "I’m best positioned to bring resources to Palm Beach County," he said.
