Eve Batey
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Eve Batey is a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, where she covers the Hollywood and Vanities desks on the weekends and writes about the intersection of pop culture and true crime during the week. Previously, she was a deputy managing editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and the editor of Eater SF. She’s currently co-editor of the analytical true-crime newsletter “Best Evidence” and cohost of its podcast, The Docket; a contributor to the SF Chronicle; and an editor at Indianapolis Monthly magazine. Follow her at @evelb on Instagram.
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