Jove Francisco

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Jove Francisco
Born
Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr.

(1969-06-11) June 11, 1969 (age 56)
Manila, Philippines
Occupation(s)Journalist, News Producer
Years active1994–present

Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr. (born June 11, 1969) is a Filipino broadcast journalist in the Philippines.

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Career

Among 17 other journalists from different international media organizations including CNN, Jove Francisco is the only Filipino reporter to be accepted as a fellow in the Journalist to Journalist (J2J) program of the AIDS Vaccine 2011 Journalist Training Program Fellows by the Washington-based National Press Foundation held recently in Bangkok.

He has been covering health and politics for 15 years, spanning four administrations from Ramos to Aquino. He was an anchor for TV5's late night newscast Pilipinas News and AksyonTV's Balitang 60 .

His name was mentioned by then-Rep. Gilbert Remulla during the congressional investigation on the "Hello Garci" controversy for his TV reports.

On October 10, 2015, according to a Media Newser Philippines' report, [1] Jove has transferred to ABS-CBN.

On April 25, 2018, Francisco joined Cignal TV's One News. [2]

In October, Francisco was promoted as officer-in-charge of One News, replacing Patrick Paez who was named new head of News5. [3]

Filmography

Television

YearTitlePosition
2020–presentShort TakeHost
2019–presentSa Totoo LangCo-Anchor
2019–2023Wag Po!Co-Host
2018–presentOne News NowVarious Contributors
2018–presentThe ChiefsExecutive Producer
2016#NoFilterExecutive Producer
2015–2016 The World Tonight Executive Producer
2014–2015 Aksyon Tonite News Anchor / Segment Presenter
2012–2014Pilipinas NewsNews Anchor
2011–2012 Anggulo Correspondent
2011–2014Balitang 60News Anchor
2010–2012Aksyon JournalisMONews Anchor
2010–2013 Aksyon Weekend News Anchor
2008–2010TEN: The Evening NewsNews Anchor

Radio

YearTitleCharacter
2019–2023Wag Po!Co-Host
2019–presentSa Totoo LangCo-Host

References

  1. "Jove Francisco moves from TV5 to ABS-CBN News Channel". www.medianewser.ph. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  2. "Jove Francisco joins One News". www.medianewser.ph. April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. "Jove Francisco named Patrick Paez's successor on Cignal TV". www.medianewser.ph. October 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.