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(4,541 posts) Mon May 4, 2026, 05:29 PM May 4

Pulitzer Prizes honor Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown and Brightline investigation [View all]

By Dana Banker Miami Herald
Updated May 4, 2026 4:52 PM

Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown on Monday was honored by the Pulitzer Prize Board for her groundbreaking and impactful investigation into sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and the people and institutions that enabled him to abuse girls for decades. The 2026 Pulitzer Prizes also recognized the Miami Herald and WLRN journalists as finalists in the Local Reporting category for their joint investigation into the systemic failures that made Florida’s Brightline the deadliest major passenger train in the nation.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article315628789.html#storylink=cpy

To say the least, so deserving!

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DURec leftstreet May 4 #1

Isn't it wonderful, I am so happy for her. Passages May 4 #2

They should have done it earlier. sop May 4 #3

Definitely. Passages May 4 #4

10 years overdue for all her work Fichefinder May 4 #5

Yes. Passages May 4 #6

Congrats to Julie K. Brown! LetMyPeopleVote May 4 #7

That's a great photo, thank you. Passages May 4 #9

Good blogslug May 4 #8

Yes, I feel the same way. Passages May 4 #10

Well deserved. Buddyzbuddy May 4 #11

Finally!!!! Pacifist Patriot May 4 #12

Way to Go, Julie. And keep up the Good Work. farmbo May 5 #13

That's for sure! Passages May 5 #16

This made me smile-Alan Dershowitz wrote a letter to the Pulitzer Committee to try to block this award LetMyPeopleVote May 5 #14

One would hope there is someone in his life who would tell him to stop talking. Passages May 5 #15