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 (https://www.ettemedia.com/). If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDn2m-RFCy4) Thanks to @jaidanielpyne (https://www.instagram.com/jaidanielpyne/) for composing the music for our podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
What this show covers
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What listeners will find here
A quick update: no Only Fran episode this week
This episode is a brief scheduling update letting listeners know there won’t be an Only Fran installment this week. Fran explains that Antoinette is away and travel has made it difficult to put an episode together.
Jan Fran and Scott Mitchell compare notes on going independent
Independent media is the focus as Jan Fran and Lamestream co-founder Scott Mitchell talk through leaving mainstream outlets to build something of their own. The episode mixes startup war stories with a look at One Nation’s Victorian campaign launch and some eyebrow-raising AFR lines.
Jan Fran unpacks Trump’s escalating clash with the International Criminal Court
The episode examines the Trump administration’s confrontation with the International Criminal Court and what broader sanctions could mean. Jan Fran frames the move as a major challenge to international law, with Marco Rubio also in the picture.
Jan Fran unpacks a week where immigration dominated the political agenda
Immigration takes center stage as One Nation and Labor roll out competing policy approaches in the same week. Jan Fran focuses on the political messaging around Labor’s “targeted” migration plan and argues the target may be misplaced.
Algorithms, apolitical pop stars, and the smart TV feed you didn’t ask for
This episode takes on social media algorithm regulation, the claim that Ed Sheeran is apolitical, and the politics around Anthony Albanese’s response to Pauline Hanson. It also revisits Samsung and LG smart TV feeds and pushes back on doom-heavy AI headlines.
Episodes
ONLY FRAN: Pauline’s Press Club address was a test for journalists. They failed.
19 Jun 2026 · 22 min
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