Patricia Evangelista

Patricia Chanco Evangelista is a Manila-based journalist and documentary

filmmaker. 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 St. Theresa's College, 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
Patricia is a multimedia journalist covering conflict, disaster and human rights.
At 18, she became the first Filipino to win the London-based annual International
Public Speaking Championships - an annual competition sponsored by the EnglishSpeaking Union held in London. Her speech entitled Blonde and Blue Eyes for the
theme Borderless World, bested 59 contestants from 37 countries.
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 and was part of Devex's 2012 40 under 40.
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, the Catholic Mass Media Award,as well as three New
York Festivals medals.

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. She was also awarded the 2014 Kate Webb Prize for frontline journalism.
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.