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Episode 566: Patricia Evangelista
Jan 31, 2024
Trauma journalist Patricia Evangelista shares her experiences covering the dark realities of the drug war in the Philippines, emphasizing the importance of centering trauma in reporting. She discusses the challenges of covering stories involving massive trauma and the need to avoid minimizing the pain experienced by the people she interviews. Evangelista also touches on the impact of language manipulation in justifying violence and the profound effect a book can have on resisting autocracy.
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- Patricia Evangelista focuses on covering trauma, not just reporting on the dead bodies in her journalism work.
- Her book delves into the normalization of violence through language in justifying extrajudicial killings.
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Investigative Reporting on the Philippines Drug War
The book and reporting focus on the brutal drug war in the Philippines under President Duterte, where alleged drug addicts and dealers were executed extrajudicially. Investigative journalist Patricia Ivan Halista uncovered stories of victims like a man named Rene de Sierto, killed and garroted, with language such as 'salvaging' used to describe these brutal murders.
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