Patricia Evangelista
Trauma journalist and documentary filmmaker
Patricia Evangelista is a Filipina journalist and documentary filmmaker in Manila who specializes in trauma reporting. She wrote Some People Need Killing, her first book.
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Filipina Born in Manila, Philippines
About Patricia Evangelista
Patricia Chanco Evangelista is a journalist and documentary filmmaker who lives in Manila. Her reporting has focused mostly on conflict, disaster and human rights. She has reported for the Philippine news company Rappler and has served as a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine. Her coverage of armed conflict and disaster won the Kate Webb Prize, given for journalism carried out in dangerous conditions. She has also held fellowships with the Logan Nonfiction Program and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, among others. Some People Need Killing, published in 2023, was her first book.