In a virtual Q&A session with Rappler on April 2, Evangelista shared how the book came to be, what she keeps in mind as a trauma reporter, and how the success of the book changed things for her
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In an online question-and-answer session with Rappler on Tuesday, April 2, Evangelista shared how the book came to be, what she keeps in mind as a trauma reporter, and how the success of the book changed things for her. series, where she investigated the police’s alleged outsourcing of vigilantes to carry out extrajudicial killings for the drug war.
The memoir had initially been written in the third-person point of view, akin to a reporter’s notebook. But with the grimness of the drug war, Evangelista’s publishers had deemed it fit to be written in the first-person point of view instead. So, make sure it’s clear that you’re there just as a reporter, to tell the story, that all you promised is the story because if you promise many things, you’ll re-traumatize people in the aftermath as well. And you’re getting your story on false pretenses,” she said.Consent is also key for Evangelista.
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