Investigative journalist Patricia Evangelista wins the 2024 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism.
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00:00 Investigative journalist Patricia Evangelista wins the 2024 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism.
00:07 The New York Public Library recognizes Evangelista for her 2023 New York Times bestseller,
00:13 "Some People Need Killing, A Memoir of Murder in My Country,"
00:16 which it described as, "a coming-of-age story in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines."
00:24 The memoir sees the former Rappler investigative and trauma reporter vividly recount her coverage of then-President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs.
00:33 Several human rights groups say at least 30,000 Filipinos were killed, including vigilante killings.
00:39 Evangelista is the first Asian winner of the prestigious award.
00:42 "Some People Need Killing" was also named among the New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2023,
00:47 the New Yorker's Best Books of 2023, and Time magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023, among others.
00:54 others.