 Clavio made his first appearance as a television news reporter in 1994, when GMA offered him a reporter's slot in "Brigada Siete", co-hosting with the late Louie Beltran and Jessica Soho.The next year, the Philippine Department of Health awarded Clavio top prize in their Philippine AIDS-STD Media Awards for his report on Sarah Jane Salazar.Later that year, the Asian Broadcasting Union named Clavio's coverage of Abu Sayyaf the "Best Reportage of a Crisis."