Patricia Evangelista

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Patricia Chanco Evangelista
Education Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City
Alma mater University of the Philippines Diliman (BA)
OccupationJournalist

Patricia Chanco Evangelista is a Filipina trauma journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Manila, whose coverage focuses mostly on conflict, disaster and human rights. [1] [2] She is a multimedia reporter for online news agency Rappler and is a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine. Her first book, Some People Need Killing , came out in 2023. [3]

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Education

Evangelista finished high school at Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City. She graduated cum laude with a degree of BA Speech Communication University of the Philippines Diliman in 2006. She is an alumna of the UP Debate Society.

Career

At 18, Evangelista first came to national attention when she became the first Filipino to win the London-based annual International Public Speaking Championships - an annual competition sponsored by the English-Speaking Union held in London. Her speech entitled Blonde and Blue Eyes for the theme Borderless World, bested 59 contestants from 37 countries. [4]

Early career

She was first published as a youth columnist by The Philippine Star , and then went on to write a weekly column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer's opinion section that ran for nine years. She has written for Rogue magazine and UNO.

Evangelista had her start in television journalism as a production assistant for ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC). She went on to produce a number of programs and documentaries, including the groundbreaking narrative series, Storyline that ran over the ABS-CBN News Channel for five years. She also wrote and produced the short film series AmBisyon and Kinse. She was the executive producer behind ANC's Truths, a three-part investigative documentary on abortion, disaster, and human rights.

She is a fellow of the South East Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), is a Titus Brandsma Awardee for Emergent Journalism [5] and was part of Devex's 2012 40 under 40. [6]

She is the co-founder of Storyline Productions with filmmaker Paolo Villaluna. Her various television projects have been recipients of a number of local awards including the Gawad Tanglaw, [7] the Catholic Mass Media Award, [8] as well as three New York Festivals medals. [9]

Evangelista's short film on the aftermath of Supertyphoon Haiyan won the media prize at the Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Thailand in 2014. [10] She was also awarded the 2014 Kate Webb Prize for frontline journalism. [11]

She is a field reporter for Rappler, producing documentary and news pieces as well as analysis for the Thought Leaders section. As a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine since its inception, Evangelista writes long-form journalism pieces and profiles politicians and newsmakers.

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

In October 2023, Evangelista published a memoir, Some People Need Killing, about her time reporting on the drug war by former president Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines. David Remnick called it a "journalistic masterpiece" in The New Yorker. [3] The book was included on Time's The 100 Must Read Books of 2023 list, [12] as well as The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 list. [13] It was also longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, [14] and won the 2024 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. [15]

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  1. ↑ Severino, Howie (December 18, 202). "Acclaimed author Patricia Evangelista on being a 'trauma journalist' (Part 2)". GMA News Online.
  2. ↑ Rappler reporter Patricia Evangelista, "Patricia Evangelista". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  3. 1 2 Remnick, David (2023-10-17). "A Journalist Exposes the Philippines' Extralegal Killings". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  4. ↑ UP coed tops global speechfest, "Blonde and Blue Eyes". Archived from the original on 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Titus Brandsma Award-Philippines for Journalism". CMFR. July 13, 2009. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  6. ↑ "40 Under 40 Leaders in International Development — Manila". manila40.devex.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
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  13. ↑ Staff (28 November 2023). "The 10 Best Books of 2023". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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