This year, her show Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) won a Bronze Tower Trophy at the 2025 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards for its investigative documentary Minahan sa Homonhon Island (Nickel and Dime: The Cost of Mining in Homonhon Island). The same episode was nominated at the 2024 Association for International Broadcasting (AIBs) Awards in London under the Sustainability category.
In 2024, her documentary Secret Slaves: The Jessica Soho Special Report on Human Trafficking won Gold at the ContentAsia Awards for Best Current Affairs Programme Made in Asia for Regional Asia and/or International Markets.
Jessica Soho’s credibility and connection with the public are just as remarkable: she has been named “Most Trusted TV Host for News and Current Affairs” for 13 consecutive years by the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Awards. She also became the first UP College of Mass Communication alumna to receive the prestigious Gawad Plaridel Award for Journalism.
Jessica Soho holding a Bronze Tower Trophy at the 2025 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards | Photo courtesy of Jessica Soho
“Sa lahat ng mga assignment, trabaho, at programa na ibinigay sa akin, wala akong masasabi sa sarili ko na hindi ko itinodo. 100 percent or more. You’re not the story. Ang importante ‘yung story.”
At a time when truth is under siege, when fake news spreads faster than facts, Soho stands as a rare constant. Credible. Trusted. Still chasing stories—not for clicks or clout—but because she believes the Filipino story is worth telling.
“Aaminin ko, pinanghihinaan din ako ng loob. Pero hindi kasi tamang isuko ang katotohanan. Kailangan itong ipaglaban—lalo na’t marami pa tayong dapat bigyan ng linaw at liwanag sa ating bayan,” she said.
And Jessica Soho continues to pass it on—speaking to thousands of aspiring writers and journalists at the National Schools Press Conference held last week in Ilocos Sur, reminding them to pursue not just accuracy and balance, but above all, kindness and goodness in their work.
“If I have to live my life all over again, pipiliin ko pa rin maging journalist. Basically, because I love telling stories,” she ended.
And perhaps that’s the clearest truth of all: Even if she never planned this path, she chose to walk it with purpose.
Because for Jessica Soho, every story—big or small—is a chance to do good.
And for forty years, she has done just that.
Catch Jessica Soho @40: Telling the Story of Filipinos on GMA Public Affairs’ YouTube channel starting May 30.