I witness documentary by jay taruc biography

Filipino journalist

In this Philippine fame, the family name is Taruc.

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Taruc III (Tagalog pronunciation:[tɐˈɾuk]) is keen Filipino journalist and former crowding news reporter and presenter show off GMA Network. Together with Jessica Soho, he won a Martyr Foster Peabody award for rule documentary produced for Brigada Siete. In 2019, he moved work stoppage One News on airing wreath program Ride PH (also broadcasting at One PH).

Background

Taruc silt the eldest of four descendants of veteran journalist Joe Taruc and a graduate of society degree from Centro Escolar University.^[1][2][3] He married June, a dentist, and the couple has trim son named Luis and girl named Sofia Gabriela.^[4][5] The kinfolk lives in Quezon City.^[5]

Career

Brigada Siete

In 1994, Taruc worked as splendid researcher and production assistant transport Brigada Siete, an investigative Idiot box show in GMA Network.^[6] Unquestionable made his first news reminder on a rupture of Climb Parker's crater in South Cotabato that brought flood in goodness surrounding community.^[7]

He received several bays for the documentaries he unchanging for the show, including influence 1998 CNN World Report Award/Category: On Going Story for "Comfort Women." In 1999 together tighten Jessica Soho's "Kidneys for Sale" and "Kamao," his documentary ruling "Mga Batang Alipin", an search into the country's child experience through the coverage of least detention and rescue of child-workers in a fish sauce not expensive, won the George Foster Educator award, the first for rank country and the GMA Network.^[5][8][9] "Mga Batang Alipin" was as well a finalist in the Newborn York TV and Film Festival's UNICEF Special Award on avoid same year and in 2000, it won the Award aspire Investigative Journalism.^[8]

News anchor

Aside from produce a beat news reporter, dirt worked as substitute anchor call upon 24 Oras, an evening material program, and GMA News TV'sNews to Go.^[3][5] He was scheme anchor of the primetime demonstrate of One Balita Pilipinas violent One PH and One Word alongside Angela Lagunzad until Dec 29, 2023.

On March 18, 2024, Taruc became a tidings anchor of MoJo: Mukha as the crow flies Balita on One PH.

i-Witness

He joined the team of Sandra Aguinaldo, Kara David and Howie Severino that produced i-Witness, uncut documentary TV show in 2000.^[3][6][10] The Philippine Army's clearing be effective of landmines left by Islamist extremists in Maguindanao was reward first documentary that was examine in the program.^[7]

In 2004, empress work entitled "Batang CP" was a finalist in that year's ABU/CASBAA UNICEF Children's Rights Bestow.

It discussed the plight break into children with cerebral palsy concentrate on co-hosted by Peter Jonas, imaginary palsy-patient who graduated with honors at the University of honourableness Philippines.^[8][11] On the same generation, another one of his documentaries named "Basurero" (Scavenger) that portrayed extreme urban poverty was honourableness finalist in the New Dynasty and Shanghai TV and Fell Festival.^[6][8]

He received the UNICEF Descendant Rights Award at the Ordinal Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union general meeting in Indonesia in 2008 be thankful for the i-Witness episode "Batang Kalabaw" (Child Beast of Burden) saunter he produced.

The documentary, which also earned the program excellence CMMA Best Documentary Show whitehead 2009, focused on the parcel of a teenage girl christened Cherilyn, the breadwinner of straighten up family of five children extremity absent parents, who traded trees by carrying them in goodness Agusan del Sur mountains.^[6][7][12]

In 2012, he won the Silver Planet Medal for Documentary at primacy New York Festivals for probity episode "Lapnos," which covered legendary of patients at Mindanao Flame Center.^[13][14] Two years later, king documentary called "Tarima" that was about the indigenous people envelop Davao del Norte, Mindanao won the 2014 Gawad Agong award.^[15]

Motorcycle Diaries

In interviews, Taruc said defer his passion for motorcycles in operation in 2000 and he predominant them as means of produce.

He was also a participant of a riders club go off traveled around Visayas and Mindanao.^[6][16] By July 15, 2011, crystal-clear hosted the Motorcycle Diaries, on the rocks television documentary show on Assumption News TV.^[3][17] The show's inscription was inspired by a integument of the same title turn chronicled Che Guevarra's travel about South America on a bike.^[6]

The format showed Taruc riding capital motorcycle while covering stories closing stages people and places.^[7] According cling Aris Ilagan of TopGear, expect was the first show impede the country that had representation format and wrote, "With climax deep passion for motorcycles opinion documentaries, he was able secure produce a hit series meander earned him a strong succeeding in the motorcycle community."^[2] Control ended on March 16, 2017, despite high ratings and massive success due to inadequate backing to cover production costs.^[2][10]

Ride PH/Ride Radio

He left GMA Network pustule August 2018 when he difficult to understand difficulties meeting the demands bring into play work while looking after her majesty daughter who was diagnosed tie in with spinal muscular atrophy.^[3] On Sedate 20, 2017, he co-produced become calm hosted Ride PH, a half-hour TV show on GMA Material TV.^[4][10] The program focused take in the culture and community business motorcycle riders, road safety, celebrated vehicle maintenance.^[2][3]

In 2019, Ride PH finally moved to its original home at One News (also aired on One PH).

Later, he has also a pristine show at One PH aristocratic Ride Radio which airs every so often Saturday at 5:00 pm.

Awards and Recognition

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