Nationality Filipino Known for Broadcast journalist | Name Jessica Soho Role Broadcaster | |
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Full Name Maria Jessica Aspiras Soho Education University of the Philippines Awards PMPC Star Awards for TV Best Magazine Show Host Nominations PMPC Star Awards for TV Best Public Service Program Host TV shows Kapuso Mo - Jessica S, State of the Nation with Jessica S, Brigada, Reunions Similar People Mel Tiangco, Korina Sanchez, Karen Davila Profiles | ||
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Jessica Soho (born March 27, 1964) is a Filipina broadcast journalist known as the host of the news magazine program Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho on GMA Network and the newscast State of the Nation with Jessica Soho on GMA News TV.
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- Tom rodriguez returns to hometown in samar kapuso mo jessica soho
- Kapuso mo jessica soho isla kulinarya a special food documentary full episode
- Early life and influences
- Career
- Controversy
- International recognitions
- Local recognitions
- Honors
- References
Soho is a multi-awarded journalist. On 1998, Soho became the first Filipino to win the British Fleet Journalism Award. On 1998, Soho and the I-Witness team received a George Foster Peabody Award for the "Kidneys for Sale" and "Kamao". Soho's story of a hostage crisis in Cagayan Valley made her the first Filipino to win in the New York Film Festival for Coverage of a Breaking Story.
Kapuso mo jessica soho isla kulinarya a special food documentary full episode
Early life and influences
Soho was born in La Union province, a daughter of Abelardo Soho, a government employee, and Maura Aspiras, an agriculturist.
Soho's grandmothers, Sixta "Apo Ittang" Aspiras and Concepcion "Cion" Soho influenced her in telling stories. At the UP College of Mass Communications, Soho met the journalist Luis Beltran who inspired Soho to finish Mass Communications.
Career
Soho joined GMA News in January 1985. Soho's first voice-over report was a feature story on the inauguration of the Light Rail Transit from Baclaran to Monumento. Soho was later assigned to the defense and military beat.
Soho is the first Filipino to win in the New York Film Festival for Coverage of a Breaking Story for her account of a hostage crisis in Cagayan Valley. She also received the Ka Doroy Valencia Award given by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. In 1994, she received the Grand Prize from the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union for her coverage of a breaking news story. Soho is included in the list of 100 Filipino Women of Distinction chosen during the centennial celebration of the Philippines.
Soho helped conceptualize the one-hour documentary television program I-Witness The documentaries "Kidneys for Sale" and "Kamao" made her the first Filipino reporter, with GMA Network as the first Filipino network, to win the George Foster Peabody Award in 1999.
Soho was also recognized by the New York Film and Television Festival Award for her coverage of a hostage crisis in Cagayan Valley, and the Asian Television Award for Best News and Current Affairs Special for "Saksi Sa Kasaysayan".
Soho's programs Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho and State of the Nation with Jessica Soho are both locally and internationally recognized. Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho and State of the Nation are two of the GMA News programs recognized by the Peabody Awards in 2014 for the coverage on Super Typhoon Yolanda. State of the Nation also earned Soho consecutive wins for Most Trusted News Presenter by Reader's Digest Asia.
In 2015, Soho receives the Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, conferred to her by the University of Northeastern Philippines during its 67th Commencement Exercises on April.
Controversy
In May 2013, a controversy sparked involving Soho and comedian Vice Ganda, involving a joke directed at the anchor during Vice's I Vice Ganda Mo Ako Sa Araneta concert held last May 17, 2013. Vice mentioned Soho, among several other personalities, in a stand-up skit involving celebrities starring in a pornographic film, adding that Soho would be gang raped if she were cast, as well as making several jokes ridiculing her weight.
Vice Ganda later issued a public apology during his regular appearances in It's Showtime!, admitting to his wrongdoing and that he offended Soho and several others with his jokes. Jessica Soho later acknowledged Vice's apology but she denied any intent to close any further discussion with the comedian.
International recognitions
Asian TV Festival
British Embassy in Manila
Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Asia
Local recognitions
Adamson University
ALTA Media Icon Awards
Anak TV Seal Award
Catholic Mass Media Awards
CCP Gawad Natatanging Parangal
CLASS Awards (City of Malabon University)
COMGUILD Center for Journalism
EdukCircle Awards
Federation of Philippine Industries, Inc.
FemaleNetwork.com
Gawad Duyan Awards
Gawad Pasado Awards
Golden Dove Awards
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines
International Business and Academe Conference’s Service Excellence and Partners Awards
International Center for Communication Studies (ICCS)
Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas
Mary Kay Philippines
Metro Pacific Corporation Journalism Awards
Metrobank Foundation
MTRCB TV Awards
Paragala Awards
Platinum Stallion Media Awards
PMAP Makatao Awards for Media Excellence
PMPC Star Awards for Television
School Press Advisers Movement (SPAM)
PUP Mabini Media Awards
The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS)
Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award
Rotary Club of Manila
UmalohokJUAN Awards
UPLB Gandingan Awards
USTv Students' Choice Awards