Wilkine Brutus

Wilkine Brutus is a multimedia journalist for WLRN, South Florida’s NPR station. He’s an alumni of Washington Post/Poynter Institute’s 2019 Leadership Academy and guest faculty member. Brutus produces stories on topics surrounding local news, culture, art, politics and community affairs. Brutus is a former Digital Reporter for The Palm Beach Post and a mentor for SXSW’s Media & Journalism mentorship program.

Brutus and his WLRN colleagues are the recipients of the 2020 regional Edward R. Murrow Award in the Excellence in Sound category for the story “Unmute Yourself! Public Comment Pushing Through The Pandemic.”

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 4-year stint in South Korea, Brutus was 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.