Jose R. Taruc III (Tagalog pronunciation: [tɐˈɾuk]) is a Filipino journalist and former television news reporter and presenter for GMA Network.

[6] He made his first news report on a rupture of Mount Parker's crater in South Cotabato that brought flood in the surrounding community.

He joined the team of Sandra Aguinaldo, Kara David and Howie Severino that produced i-Witness, a documentary TV show in 2000.

[8][11] On the same year, another one of his documentaries named "Basurero" (Scavenger) that depicted extreme urban poverty was the finalist in the New York and Shanghai TV and Film Festival.

[6][7][12] In 2012, he won the Silver World Medal for Documentary at the New York Festivals for the episode "Lapnos," which covered stories of patients at Mindanao Burn Center.

[13][14] Two years later, his documentary called "Tarima" that was about the indigenous people in Davao del Norte, Mindanao won the 2014 Gawad Agong award.

[2][10] He left GMA Network in August 2018 when he had difficulties meeting the demands of work while looking after his daughter who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.