Patricia Evangelista
Pat Evangelista | |
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| Born | Patricia Chanco Evangelista |
| Education | Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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]
Education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Bibliography
[edit]- Evangelista, Patricia (2023-10-17). Some People Need Killing. Random House. ISBN 978-0-593-13313-2. [16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Severino, Howie (December 18, 202). "Acclaimed author Patricia Evangelista on being a 'trauma journalist' (Part 2)". GMA News Online.
- ^ Rappler reporter Patricia Evangelista, "Patricia Evangelista". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
- ^ a b Remnick, David (2023-10-17). "A Journalist Exposes the Philippines' Extralegal Killings". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ UP coed tops global speechfest, "Blonde and Blue Eyes". Archived from the original on 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ "Titus Brandsma Award-Philippines for Journalism". CMFR. July 13, 2009. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "40 Under 40 Leaders in International Development — Manila". manila40.devex.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "ABS-CBN big winner at 10th Gawad Tanglaw". ABS-CBN News. 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Newlywed Maybelyn dela Cruz busy as housewife and with TV comeback". PEP.ph. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Storyline wins New York Festivals". ABS-CBN News. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Haiyan tale scoops film award". www.undrr.org. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Philippines journalist wins AFP's 2014 Kate Webb Prize". AFP.com. 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ Wittmann, Lucas. "The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023". Time. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Staff (28 November 2023). "The 10 Best Books of 2023". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Creamer, Ella (15 February 2024). "Guardian writer and Observer critic longlisted for inaugural Women's prize for nonfiction". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Patricia Evangelista wins 2024 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism". May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Szalai, Jennifer (Oct 18, 2023). "A Country Where 'Some People Need Killing' Was State Policy". NYTimes.