Patricia Evangelista

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.

Journalist Patricia Evangelista reflects on the aftermath of the Philippines' war on drugs, discussing the normalization of violence, the power of language, and the impact on storytelling in her memoir 'Some People Need Killing'.