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Lillian Duenas

12:50 PM

Lillian Duenas

@Yvanna Adriano Where are we on your solo Jem Vargas piece?

Yvanna Adriano

i'm cornering him after the game

well, i hope to

Lillian Duenas

What? Why?

Please don't make that a thing.

Yvanna Adriano

i have the interview. i have the recording. i just need the rest of his answers

and he's not responding

Lillian Duenas

How many follow-ups have you sent?

Yvanna Adriano

...a reasonable number, boss

Lillian Duenas

What is a reasonable number, Yvanna?

Yvanna Adriano

don't worry about it, they were very professional follow-ups.

Lillian Duenas

Okay.

I need you to hear me on this.

Your Blue Eagles pieces are always the most read and engaged with—alam mo naman 'yan because the numers are reported during our meetings. Your last three pieces about Vargas combined outperformed our entire August output.

And so while I love your other pieces on the other sports and the other players, our readers are asking for more of your words on this, so I want this piece finished.

Yvanna Adriano

i'm trying my best boss, trust me

Lillian Duenas

What happened in that interview? Bakit hindi natapos? You never leave an interview without all of your answers.

Yvanna Adriano

um

it was fine

still productive

Lillian Duenas

And then he ghosted you for a month.

Yvanna Adriano

well, yeah

Lillian Duenas

???????

Yvanna Adriano

it got a little heated toward the end

Lillian Duenas

Heated how?

Yvanna Adriano

well

we disagreed on some things

Lillian Duenas

You disagreed with your subject in the middle of his interview.

The interview you need him to cooperate with?

Yvanna Adriano

e boss kasi puro PR answers binibigay niya

Lillian Duenas

...Okay.

I'm not going to tell you how to conduct your interviews, your track record speaks for itself.

but I will say that you know how to handle difficult subjects. You've done it before.

And for what it's worth, a hundred follow-up messages is either completely unhinged or the most dedicated journalism I've seen on this publication. I genuinely cannot decide which.

Yvanna Adriano

pano n'yo po alam na a hundred?

Lillian Duenas

So a hundred nga.

Yvanna Adriano

heh. more than na ata

tsaka po both 😊

Lillian Duenas

😮‍💨

Okay, enjoy the game. You have your press ID?

Yvanna Adriano

yes po

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dami namang tao. 🫠