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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 new.This weekly podcast brings you honest and original media analysis from two insiders who’ve broken plenty of news and been broken by it, too.Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends, Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, We Used to Be Journos is your guide to the way the media works.Join us every Wednesday as we unpack the headlines you see, and the power you

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1:03:21

Have we really stopped being journalists? A terrible...

We Used to be Journos ·

2025/07/22

In this episode, Jan and Antoinette have a candid and sometimes chaotic conversation about whether they still see themselves as journalists—and why they threw caution to the wind and launched an independent media company.This honest exploration of the Australian media industry is part reflection, part existential crisis. It’s A No From Me: A dissection of a political TV debate that’s more spectacle than substance, and the framing of the massacre of Palestinians seeking help is manipulated to fit a

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An envoy influencing media, coverage of PM in China +...

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2025/07/15

In this episode, we take a look at Australia's antisemitism envoy and her plan to “monitor” and “advise” public broadcasters. Jillian Segal says her plan wont stifle criticism of Israel but we aren't so sure. We also have an honest conversation about the pro-Israel lobby and its influence on the Australian media, from all-expenses-junkets to Israel for top editors to those same editors punishing journalists for signing an open letter calling for fairer Gaza coverage.It’s a No From Me: Lattouf

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The Age’s framing of Melbourne synagogue attack +...

We Used to be Journos ·

2025/07/08

In this episode, Jan unpacks The Age’s coverage of an anti-Semitic incident in Melbourne while Antoinette takes a look at a different genocide and the conspicuous absence of major coverage of the Yoorrook Justice Commission landmark findings.Plus, Jan and Antoinette pull apart the curious case of the “activist journalist” label—how it was framed, weaponised, and ultimately backfired as a centrepiece of the ABC’s defence.But the real question is, what has the media learnt from Lattouf v ABC?Support

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Lattouf speaks out on ABC win, the fight and the...

We Used to be Journos ·

2025/07/01

Antoinette Lattouf sued the ABC and won. In the very first episode of We Used To Be Journos, Antoinette joins Jan to unpack the legal showdown that not only exposed breathtaking incompetence at the broadcaster but also the hidden power and influence of lobby groups. Executives ducked accountability, lawyers flirted with racial erasure, and Lattouf's mental health history was dredged up before the country. And at the centre of it all? A protest at the Opera House that turned a journalist into a

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We Used to be Journos ·

2025/06/30

A taste of what's to come on We Used to be Journos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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