Julie Brown
Investigative Journalist
Julie K. Brown is widely considered one of the best investigative journalists in the country. During her 40-year career, she has won some of the top investigative prizes in journalism for exposing corruption and racial and human rights abuses in the nation’s criminal justice system. Her 2018 groundbreaking investigation “Perversion of Justice,” led to the arrests of sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell; the resignation of the U.S. secretary of labor; the first arrest of a British Royal in 400 years – and the downfall of countless other captains of industry, politics, media and academia around the world.
The ensuing scandal led to the release of millions of Justice Department files about Epstein’s sex trafficking and money laundering empire -- and ignited a global reckoning about the delicate balance between power, wealth and morality.
Her effort to persuade a reluctant police chief and traumatized survivors to go on the record for the first time stands as a distinguished example of investigative reporting. She has won two George Polk Awards, a Robert F. Kennedy Award, the Columbia Journalism Award, the Hillman Prize, PEN America’s Voice of Courage Award and in 2020, she was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people.
She has frequently appeared on CNN, MSNOW, NBC News and has been profiled in The New York Times and other newspapers and magazines.
She is the author of “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story,” which is the basis for an upcoming Sony TV limited series produced by Oscar-winning director Adam McKay.
The ensuing scandal led to the release of millions of Justice Department files about Epstein’s sex trafficking and money laundering empire -- and ignited a global reckoning about the delicate balance between power, wealth and morality.
Her effort to persuade a reluctant police chief and traumatized survivors to go on the record for the first time stands as a distinguished example of investigative reporting. She has won two George Polk Awards, a Robert F. Kennedy Award, the Columbia Journalism Award, the Hillman Prize, PEN America’s Voice of Courage Award and in 2020, she was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people.
She has frequently appeared on CNN, MSNOW, NBC News and has been profiled in The New York Times and other newspapers and magazines.
She is the author of “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story,” which is the basis for an upcoming Sony TV limited series produced by Oscar-winning director Adam McKay.
