Jessica Soho is
Filipino broadcast journalist, documentarian and news director who received a
George Foster Peabody AwardShe has reported for the GMA network for over 15 years
A Ka Doroy Valencia awardee, Soho was also one of the100 Filipino Women of Distinction chosen during the centennial celebration of the
Philippines.
Her 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.
She helped conceptualize the one-hour documentary television program
I-Witness, which ran for over 10 years becoming the longest running late-night program on the air as of 2009
Her documentaries on the
Kidneys for Sale business and
Kamao death sport made her the first Filipino reporter, with
GMA Network as the first Filipino network, to win the
George Foster Peabody Award on 1999.
Soho hosts
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho and was honored on October 14, 2008, by
Quezon City with the Outstanding Citizen Award.
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) was recognized as the Most Development-Oriented Magazine Program. Program host Jessica Soho got two awards – the Best Public Affairs Program Host and the Best Magazine Program Host in the...
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