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Passages

(4,430 posts) Mon May 4, 2026, 05:29 PM 21 hrs ago

Pulitzer Prizes honor Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown and Brightline investigation

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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Pulitzer Prizes honor Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown and Brightline investigation (Original Post) Passages 21 hrs ago OP

DURec leftstreet 21 hrs ago #1

Isn't it wonderful, I am so happy for her. Passages 21 hrs ago #2

They should have done it earlier. sop 21 hrs ago #3

Definitely. Passages 21 hrs ago #4

10 years overdue for all her work Fichefinder 21 hrs ago #5

Yes. Passages 20 hrs ago #6

Congrats to Julie K. Brown! LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #7

That's a great photo, thank you. Passages 19 hrs ago #9

Good blogslug 20 hrs ago #8

Yes, I feel the same way. Passages 19 hrs ago #10

Well deserved. Buddyzbuddy 19 hrs ago #11

Finally!!!! Pacifist Patriot 19 hrs ago #12

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

That's for sure! Passages 4 hrs ago #16

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

One would hope there is someone in his life who would tell him to stop talking. Passages 4 hrs ago #15

leftstreet

(41,186 posts)

1. DURec

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 05:31 PM

21 hrs ago

Passages

(4,430 posts)

2. Isn't it wonderful, I am so happy for her.

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #1)

Mon May 4, 2026, 05:31 PM

21 hrs ago

sop

(19,128 posts)

3. They should have done it earlier.

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 05:34 PM

21 hrs ago

Passages

(4,430 posts)

4. Definitely.

Reply to sop (Reply #3)

Mon May 4, 2026, 05:35 PM

21 hrs ago

Fichefinder

(438 posts)

5. 10 years overdue for all her work

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 06:05 PM

21 hrs ago

Passages

(4,430 posts)

6. Yes.

Reply to Fichefinder (Reply #5)

Mon May 4, 2026, 06:13 PM

20 hrs ago

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,393 posts)

7. Congrats to Julie K. Brown!

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 06:46 PM

20 hrs ago

Congrats to Julie K. Brown!

She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.
— Admirable Women (@admirablewomen.bsky.social) 2026-05-04T21:07:22.205Z

Passages

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9. That's a great photo, thank you.

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Mon May 4, 2026, 07:14 PM

19 hrs ago

blogslug

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8. Good

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 06:58 PM

20 hrs ago

About time

Passages

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10. Yes, I feel the same way.

Reply to blogslug (Reply #8)

Mon May 4, 2026, 07:15 PM

19 hrs ago

So thrilled her work is recognized this way.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,806 posts)

11. Well deserved.

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2026, 07:24 PM

19 hrs ago

Pacifist Patriot

(25,216 posts)

12. Finally!!!!

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Mon May 4, 2026, 07:27 PM

19 hrs ago

farmbo

(3,155 posts)

13. Way to Go, Julie. And keep up the Good Work.

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 09:41 AM

5 hrs ago

Much more needs to be done.

Passages

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16. That's for sure!

Reply to farmbo (Reply #13)

Tue May 5, 2026, 10:59 AM

4 hrs ago

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,393 posts)

14. This made me smile-Alan Dershowitz wrote a letter to the Pulitzer Committee to try to block this award

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Tue May 5, 2026, 09:46 AM

5 hrs ago

Oh, I *do* hope this gets back to the people who will be booking tables at all the popular and chic restaurants on Martha's Vineyard this summer.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-05-04T23:18:29.475Z

A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.”

Passages

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

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Tue May 5, 2026, 10:20 AM

4 hrs ago

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