Jove Francisco | |
Birth Name: | Jovenal Mapalo Francisco Jr. |
Birth Date: | 1969 6, mf=yes Manila, Philippines |
Occupation: | Journalist, radio commentator |
Yearsactive: | 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, social media and political beats for 15 years already—spanning four administrations from Ramos to Aquino. He currently co-anchors TV5's late night newscast Pilipinas News and AksyonTV's Balitang 60. Francisco also co-hosts Radyo Singko's Reaksyon.
His name was mentioned by then-Rep. Gilbert Remulla during the congressional investigation on the "Hello Garci" controversy.
On October 10, 2015, according to Media Newser Philippines' report,[1] Jove has transferred to ABS-CBN.
On April 25, 2018, according to Media Newser Philippines' report, Francisco is joining to a soon-to-be launched English news channel, One News.[2]
Year | Title | Position | Network |
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2020–present | Short Take | Host | One News |
2019–present | Sa Totoo Lang | Co-Anchor | One PH |
2019–2023 | Wag Po! | Co-Host | One PH |
2018–present | One News Now | Various Contributors | One News |
2018–present | The Chiefs | Executive Producer | One News |
2016 |
| Executive Producer | ABS-CBN News Channel |
2015–2016 | The World Tonight | Executive Producer | ABS-CBN News Channel |
2014–2015 | News Anchor / Segment Presenter | TV5 | |
2012–2014 | Pilipinas News | News Anchor | TV5 |
2011–2012 | Correspondent | TV5 | |
2011–2014 | Balitang 60 | News Anchor | AksyonTV |
2010–2012 | Aksyon JournalisMO | News Anchor | TV5 |
2010–2013 | News Anchor | TV5 | |
2008–2010 | TEN: The Evening News | News Anchor | TV5 |
Year | Title | Character | Network |
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2019–2023 | Wag Po! | Co-Host | Radyo5 92.3 News FM |
2019–present | Sa Totoo Lang | Co-Host | 92.3 Radyo5 True FM |
2010–2012 | Reaksyon | Host | Radyo5 92.3 News FM |