Patricia Evangelista
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Born | Patricia Chanco Evangelista |
Education | Saint Theresa's College of Quezon City University of the Philippines Diliman |
Occupation | Journalist |
Patricia Chanco Evangelista is a Manila-based journalist and documentary filmmaker whose coverage focuses mostly on conflict, disaster and human rights.[1] She is a multimedia reporter for online news agency Rappler and is a writer-at-large for Esquire Magazine.
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 (UPDEBSOC).
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.[2]
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.
Patricia had her start in television journalism as a production assistant for 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[3] and was part of Devex's 2012 40 under 40.[4]
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,[5] the Catholic Mass Media Award,[6] as well as three New York Festivals medals.[7]
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.[8] She was also awarded the 2014 Kate Webb Prize for frontline journalism.[9]
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.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Rappler reporter Patricia Evangelista, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2014-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ UP coed tops global speechfest, "Blonde and Blue Eyes". Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ July 13, CMFR Staff Posted on; 2009; Pm, 10:46 (2009-07-14). "Titus Brandsma Award-Philippines for Journalism". CMFR. Retrieved 2021-12-31.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "40 Under 40 Leaders in International Development — Manila". manila40.devex.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ News, ABS-CBN (2012-02-26). "ABS-CBN big winner at 10th Gawad Tanglaw". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Newlywed Maybelyn dela Cruz busy as housewife and with TV comeback". PEP.ph. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ News, ABS-CBN (2011-04-13). "Storyline wins New York Festivals". ABS-CBN News. 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.
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]ma
- Filipino documentary filmmakers
- Filipino online journalists
- Living people
- University of the Philippines Diliman alumni
- Filipino journalists