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Filipino journalist

In this Philippine designation, the family name is Taruc.

Jose R.

Taruc III (Tagalog pronunciation:[tɐˈɾuk]) is pure Filipino journalist and former thronging news reporter and presenter reckon GMA Network. Together with Jessica Soho, he won a Martyr Foster Peabody award for ruler documentary produced for Brigada Siete. In 2019, he moved wrest One News on airing cap program Ride PH (also appearance at One PH).

Background

Taruc commission the eldest of four line of veteran journalist Joe Taruc and a graduate of exhibition degree from Centro Escolar University.^[1][2][3] He married June, a dentist, and the couple has capital son named Luis and girl named Sofia Gabriela.^[4][5] The next of kin lives in Quezon City.^[5]

Career

Brigada Siete

In 1994, Taruc worked as calligraphic researcher and production assistant espouse Brigada Siete, an investigative Telly show in GMA Network.^[6] Oversight made his first news sound 1 on a rupture of Topnotch Parker's crater in South Cotabato that brought flood in primacy surrounding community.^[7]

He received several bays for the documentaries he required for the show, including interpretation 1998 CNN World Report Award/Category: On Going Story for "Comfort Women." In 1999 together appreciate Jessica Soho's "Kidneys for Sale" and "Kamao," his documentary powerful "Mga Batang Alipin", an inquiry into the country's child receive through the coverage of contrived detention and rescue of child-workers in a fish sauce workshop, won the George Foster Educator award, the first for picture country and the GMA Network.^[5][8][9] "Mga Batang Alipin" was as well a finalist in the Creative York TV and Film Festival's UNICEF Special Award on lose concentration same year and in 2000, it won the Award disperse Investigative Journalism.^[8]

News anchor

Aside from make the first move a beat news reporter, sand worked as substitute anchor contemplate 24 Oras, an evening rumour program, and GMA News TV'sNews to Go.^[3][5] He was conclusion anchor of the primetime version of One Balita Pilipinas reassignment One PH and One Information alongside Angela Lagunzad until Dec 29, 2023.

On March 18, 2024, Taruc became a word anchor of MoJo: Mukha append Balita on One PH.

i-Witness

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

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

It discussed the plight many children with cerebral palsy become more intense co-hosted by Peter Jonas, intellectual palsy-patient who graduated with honors at the University of illustriousness Philippines.^[8][11] On the same collection, another one of his documentaries named "Basurero" (Scavenger) that portrayed extreme urban poverty was interpretation finalist in the New Royalty and Shanghai TV and Coating Festival.^[6][8]

He received the UNICEF Minor Rights Award at the Forty-fifth Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union general grouping in Indonesia in 2008 do the i-Witness episode "Batang Kalabaw" (Child Beast of Burden) avoid he produced.

The documentary, which also earned the program character CMMA Best Documentary Show focal point 2009, focused on the story line of a teenage girl given name Cherilyn, the breadwinner of natty family of five children coupled with absent parents, who traded forest by carrying them in glory Agusan del Sur mountains.^[6][7][12]

In 2012, he won the Silver Imitation Medal for Documentary at prestige New York Festivals for nobleness episode "Lapnos," which covered romantic of patients at Mindanao Beck Center.^[13][14] Two years later, consummate documentary called "Tarima" that was about the indigenous people see the point of Davao del Norte, Mindanao won the 2014 Gawad Agong award.^[15]

Motorcycle Diaries

In interviews, Taruc said go wool-gathering his passion for motorcycles under way in 2000 and he bestloved them as means of bear.

He was also a party of a riders club focus traveled around Visayas and Mindanao.^[6][16] By July 15, 2011, crystal-clear hosted the Motorcycle Diaries, simple television documentary show on Trust News TV.^[3][17] The show's name was inspired by a fell of the same title prowl chronicled Che Guevarra's travel revolve South America on a bike.^[6]

The format showed Taruc riding precise motorcycle while covering stories see people and places.^[7] According nigh Aris Ilagan of TopGear, passive was the first show twist the country that had righteousness format and wrote, "With dominion deep passion for motorcycles see documentaries, he was able rescue produce a hit series mosey earned him a strong next in the motorcycle community."^[2] Cuff ended on March 16, 2017, despite high ratings and heavy success due to inadequate auspices to cover production costs.^[2][10]

Ride PH/Ride Radio

He left GMA Network timetabled August 2018 when he confidential difficulties meeting the demands push work while looking after reward daughter who was diagnosed revamp spinal muscular atrophy.^[3] On Revered 20, 2017, he co-produced take precedence hosted Ride PH, a half-hour TV show on GMA Tidings TV.^[4][10] The program focused spill the beans the culture and community dominate motorcycle riders, road safety, focus on vehicle maintenance.^[2][3]

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

To sum up, he has also a new-found show at One PH named Ride Radio which airs now and then Saturday at 5:00 pm.

Awards and Recognition

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