We Used to be Journos

We Used to be Journos

Ette Media

66 - ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson

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.


Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here.


If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here.


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


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

66 - ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson
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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.


Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber here.


If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here.


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


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

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ONLY FRAN: Living beautifully in a collapsing world x Sarah Wilson

Fri, 05 Jun 2026
65-

Pauline’s poll for PM, mysterious media silence over young woman’s death + radio boss gropes woman

Tue, 02 Jun 2026
64-

ONLY FRAN: Forget a new Teal party, where are the Greens?

Fri, 29 May 2026
63-

Flotilla activist abuse coverage, BTS at Sydney Writers Festival + is James the 'good Murdoch'?

Tue, 26 May 2026
62-

ONLY FRAN: Pauline Hanson’s gas grift (plus her other grifts too)

Fri, 22 May 2026