Jan Fran
Jan Fran is a Walkley award-winning journalist and co-founder of Independent media company, Ette Media.
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Jan Fran is a Walkley award-winning journalist and co-founder of Independent media company, Ette Media.
BottomJan Fran is a Walkley award-winning journalist and co-founder of Ette Media. She is known for hosting several prime-time weekly television shows, including Channel 10’s The Project, and most recently ABC’s Question Everything.
She built her career at SBS’s The Feed before becoming widely recognised for her award-winning social media explainers, which attract millions of views. Across her 15-year career, she’s produced documentaries from around the world, made a number of award-winning podcasts, and is currently writing her first book.
In 2025, she co-founded Ette Media with fellow journalist, Antoinette Lattouf, to help tackle media misinformation and provide much-needed media literacy.
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