Pinky Webb


Joanna Marie "Pinky" Pagaspas Webb is a Filipino broadcast journalist, television news anchor and host, best known for her work on CNN Philippines and Bilyonaryo News Channel as the anchor of the programs Balitaan and The Source with Pinky Webb. and as an anchor for Agenda and On Point with Pinky Webb. She is the daughter of former senator Freddie Webb and a sister of basketball coach Jason Webb, as well as Hubert Webb.

Education

Webb attended high school at Colegio San Agustin where she was batchmates with Kris Aquino and Karen Davila. Webb studied at De La Salle University where she initially took AB Psychology then decided to shift to AB Management. Webb also took up a few courses at UCLA and Cal State Long Beach on journalism for a semester.

Career

During her career days at ABC 5 as a news advisory anchor, and she later joined to ABS-CBN, Webb was a first news anchor of ANC Primetime News and Dateline Philippines and also host of Umagang Kay Ganda, XXX: Exklusibong, Explosibong, Exposé and TV Patrol Weekend. She was a radio co-anchor of Radyo Patrol Balita Alas Kwatro and the radio commentary program Tambalang Failon at Webb on weekdays with Ted Failon on DZMM. On May 9, 2015, The Philippine Star reported that Webb has resigned from ABS-CBN.
Webb joined CNN Philippines in 2016. The network confirmed her move in a tweet. She debuted with CNN Philippines on April 4, 2016, as the first anchor of its Filipino-language newscast, Balitaan. On September 26, 2016, Webb named as a host for a new current affairs daily program titled The Source.
In July 2024, six months after the closure of CNN Philippines—which was relaunched as NewsWatch Plus that same month, Webb joined the Bilyonaryo News Channel alongside former colleagues from ABS-CBN and CNN Philippines. She co-anchors the network’s flagship newscast, Agenda, with veteran broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez, former ABS-CBN reporter Willard Cheng and actor Matteo Guidicelli. Webb also hosts the interview-format program On Point with Pinky Webb.

Filmography

Television

Radio

Awards and citations