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We Used to be Journos

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We Used to be Journos
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    Responding to the comments section

    12/05/2026 | 37 mins.
    In this episode Jan and Antoinette respond directly to feedback from the Etterati.

    We answer questions about the language used to describe certain “regimes,” balance in journalism, why we talk about Gaza and whether we laugh too much about dark subject matters. Plus: what happens when journalists we’ve scrutinised reach out directly?
    As a media platform built on critiquing journalism and power, we ask how should we handle criticism of our own work?
    This is a candid conversation about accountability, truth and what drives us to do the work we do.

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    Antoinette’s book Women Who Win is here.
    If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here.
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    ONLY FRAN: Influencers v journalists: same same but different this budget lock up

    08/05/2026 | 17 mins.
    This week, Jan Fran examines the Albanese government’s attempt to sell its federal budget like a brand campaign — inviting influencers to pitch for access to the budget lock-up alongside journalists. It’s also an exploration of the line between “newsfluencers” and journalists, and what that means for political media in Australia.

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    Women Who Win and how the media shapes their legacy

    05/05/2026 | 39 mins.
    In this special episode of We Used To Be Journos, Antoinette unpacks her new book Women Who Win through the lens of media literacy, power and representation.
    Yes, they get into Antoinette’s own headline-making battle — but this episode goes far beyond one story. Drawing on interviews with 30 women, alongside the stories of trailblazing Australian women no longer with us, the conversation explores how women in public life are framed by the media during their fights, their failures, and even their victories.
    From media smears to myth-making, this is a conversation about power, narrative control, and the women who kept going anyway.

    GRAB A COPY Women Who Win.
    MEET ANTOINETTE ON HER book tour across Canberra, Adelaide, Melbourne Perth, Margaret River and Sydney.
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    If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here.
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    ONLY FRAN: Why I trust Tucker Carlson even less after his Trump apology

    01/05/2026 | 20 mins.
    Tucker Carlson has apologised for the role he played in helping bring Donald Trump to power. In this episode of Only Fran, Jan explain why she's have always been suss on him and remains so… even after this apology and maybe even more so now because of it.

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    Trump shooting conspiracies, Tele lashes anti-war Gen Z, media quiet as Aboriginal women cop it

    28/04/2026 | 45 mins.
    In this episode, Jan and Antoinette discuss the lead up to the White House correspondents’ dinner and the hundreds of US journalists who protested his presence there …albeit in a very polite way.
    They also note living in Trump’s post-truth world as conspiracies abound about the shooting incident that took place that evening.
    Plus, we’ve noted four incidents of Aboriginal women and girls dying in prisons or being assaulted by cops in W.A, all in the last five weeks, not that you’d hear about it much in the east coast press.
    Plus the Tele’s editor doesn't let statistics get in the way of a good story as he rails against Gen Z for being anti-war.

    BUY Women Who Win book:
    Link to The Point
    Link to Ben English video and Courier Mail article
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    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.
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About We Used to be Journos
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.
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