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Maria Jessica Aspiras Soho, better known as Jessica Soho (born March 27, 1964), is a Filipino broadcast journalist ever, documentarian and news director who received a George Foster Peabody Award〔(Philippine Daily Inquirer ) - Dec 16, 2002〕 and was the first Filipino to win the British Fleet Journalism Award in 1998.〔(Manila Standard ) - Mar 3, 1998〕 A Ka Doroy Valencia awardee, Soho was also one of the 100 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〔(10 years of ‘I-Witness’ tonight on GMA ) Manila Bulletin November 8, 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.〔(Philippine Daily Inquirer ) - Jun 21, 2001〕 Soho hosts ''Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho'' and was honored on October 14, 2008, by Quezon City with the Outstanding Citizen Award.〔( Saksi: QC honors GMA's Jessica Soho 14 October 2008 )〕 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 Gandingan 2009: UPLB Isko’t Iska's Broadcast Choice Awards. Gandingan 2009 is the first award-giving ceremony in the field of broadcasting instituted by Community Broadcasters’ Society (UPCBS) of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). It pays tribute to the best broadcast programs that air over TV and radio.〔http://www.igma.tv/forum/index.php?topic=3050.30〕 In 2004, at the annual Cebu Federation of Beat Journalists event, she stated that "Provincial and regional journalists, in my view, are the real heroes in this profession. The dangers and risks you face and encounter are no doubt far greater than those that we face in Manila," in reference to the 55 journalists in the country that had been killed to date, "But despite the hazards of the job, journalists must work hard and strive to make Philippine media strong, robust and credible."〔(Regional journalists real heroes: Soho ) Saturday, September 25, 2004〕 Her biggest break in news-casting entitled ''State of the Nation with Jessica Soho'' as a news anchor. On 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.〔http://www.bicolmail.com/2012/?p=20078〕 ==Career== Jessica Soho is a Filipino reporter, host, producer and currently the acting news director of GMA Network. She joined the GMA team in the mid-80s, fresh from college, barely finished with her undergraduate thesis. Soho's first voice-over report was a feature story on the inauguration of the Light Rail Transit from Baclaran to Monumento. Later she was assigned to the defense and military beat. Eventually, Soho's reputation and responsibility have increased dramatically since then. At the UP College of Mass Communications, Soho met the journalist Luis Beltran who inspired Soho to finish Mass Communications. She 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 riveting coverage of a breaking news story. Soho is included in the list of 100 Filipino Women of Distinction. In the documentary "Kidneys for Sale", Soho explored a depressed area in Manila and discovered the unemployed selling their kidneys to make ends meet. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jessica Soho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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