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

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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.

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To say the least, so deserving!

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1. DURec

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

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3. They should have done it earlier.

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4. Definitely.

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5. 10 years overdue for all her work

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6. Yes.

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7. Congrats to Julie K. Brown!

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

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

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8. Good

About time

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10. Yes, I feel the same way.

So thrilled her work is recognized this way.

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11. Well deserved.

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12. Finally!!!!

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

Much more needs to be done.

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16. That's for sure!

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

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.”

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