Jove Francisco
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June 11, 1969
Manila, Philippines
Jove Francisco | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr. June 11, 1969 Manila, Philippines |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, News Producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr. (born June 11, 1969) is a Filipino broadcast journalist in the Philippines.
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
| Year | Title | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–present | Short Take | Host |
| 2019–present | Sa Totoo Lang | Co-Anchor |
| 2019–2023 | Wag Po! | Co-Host |
| 2018–present | One News Now | Various Contributors |
| 2018–present | The Chiefs | Executive Producer |
| 2016 | #NoFilter | Executive Producer |
| 2015–2016 | The World Tonight | Executive Producer |
| 2014–2015 | Aksyon Tonite | News Anchor / Segment Presenter |
| 2012–2014 | Pilipinas News | News Anchor |
| 2011–2012 | Anggulo | Correspondent |
| 2011–2014 | Balitang 60 | News Anchor |
| 2010–2012 | Aksyon JournalisMO | News Anchor |
| 2010–2013 | Aksyon Weekend | News Anchor |
| 2008–2010 | TEN: The Evening News | News Anchor |