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We Used to be Journos

We Used to be Journos

By: Ette Media
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We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.

Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.

Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos pulls apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades.

Every Wednesday, the pair sift through the headlines you saw and the forces you did not. Expect blunt media analysis, zooming in on dodgy editorial calls, anonymous sources doing gymnastics, and the occasional whiff of bigotry dressed up as balance. Consider it a guided tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.

On Saturdays, the spin-off segment Only Jan hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue, foresincally researched, tightly argued, and, inconveniently for the powerful, quite funny.


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Thanks to @jaidanielpyne for composing the music for our podcast.

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Episodes
  • ONLY FRAN: A quick note

    ONLY FRAN: A quick note
    Mar 27 2026

    Only Fran (OF) hit a lil logistical speed bump this week.

    The Ette duo will be in your ears on Wednesday with We Used To Be Journos - then Saturday OF is back.

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    1 min
  • Media aids One Nation’s grift, ABC staff strike, Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack

    Media aids One Nation’s grift, ABC staff strike, Rupert Murdoch pushes for Iran attack
    Mar 24 2026

    In this episode, Jan Fran and Antoinette look at the role the media played in One Nation’s South Australian election surge and ask how should the media report on Hanson moving forward?

    Plus: the Aussie news site pumping out hundreds of timely and factual news stories with zero journalists - just one software engineer and a whole lot of theft (and A.I).

    Then, how much sway did Rupert Murdoch have over Donald Trump’s attack on Iran? We unpack how Murdoch’s ideology trickles down to his reporters.

    Also, ABC staff walk off the job for the first time in 20 years. What’s behind the strike—and what on earth is the “Lattouf clause”?


    READ Alex Fein's article 'Polarisation is a myth'

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • ONLY FRAN : Jan Fran gets personal about Lebanon

    ONLY FRAN : Jan Fran gets personal about Lebanon
    Mar 20 2026

    In this particularly personal episode of Only Fran, Jan Fran reflects on what it's been like as a Lebanese-Australian watching Israel's invasion of Lebanon this week.


    She talks about her state of mind, shares some things you probably didn't know about Lebanon and examines the response from Australia’s government, who are not only failing to condemn Israel's invasion, but gaslighting Muslims who booed Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke at a Sydney mosque.


    Producer: Antoinette Lattouf

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    22 mins
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