# Jan Fran

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Not to be confused with [Jan Francis](/source/Jan_Francis).

**Jeanette Francis** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): جانيت فرانسيس), better known as **Jan Fran**, is a [Lebanese-Australian](/source/Lebanese_Australian) journalist and presenter. She has worked with the [Special Broadcasting Service](/source/Special_Broadcasting_Service) (SBS), and served as co-host of current affairs and satire TV program *[The Feed](/source/The_Feed_(Australian_TV_series))* and the podcast *[The Few Who Do](/source/Marc_Fennell#The_Few_Who_Do)* alongside [Marc Fennell](/source/Marc_Fennell).

## Early life

Fran was born in Lebanon[3] to a [Maronite Christian](/source/Lebanese_Maronite_Christians) family. In 1989, she moved to Australia,[2] where she grew up in [Bankstown](/source/Bankstown) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), New South Wales.[4] Fran studied journalism[2] and international studies at the [University of Technology Sydney](/source/University_of_Technology_Sydney).[citation needed]

## Career

Fran began her career as a foreign correspondent with SBS, working on *[Insight](/source/Insight_(Australian_TV_program))* and *[Dateline](/source/Dateline_(Australian_TV_program))*.[5] For her series on women in post-war [Uganda](/source/Uganda), she was nominated for a [Young Walkley Award](/source/Walkley_Awards) in 2012. She was a presenter on *The Feed*[2][6] from the program’s launch in 2013[7] until July 2019.[7] She has collaborated in various ways with co-presenter [Marc Fennell](/source/Marc_Fennell).

As a presenter, Fran has hosted TV coverage of [Tropfest](/source/Tropfest), and has been a guest presenter on [Network Ten](/source/Network_Ten)’s *[The Project](/source/The_Project_(Australian_TV_program))*.[1][6] In 2017, she was made an [Australia Day Ambassador](/source/Australia_Day_Ambassador).[8] Fran also hosted the series *Medicine or Myth?* on [SBS](/source/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)) in 2019.[9]

Fran is an ambassador for [Plan International](/source/Plan_International) Australia and has hosted a series of podcasts called *Sexism and the City* which Plan commissioned.[6][10] She has also challenged the different ways in which the perpetrators of the [Christchurch mosque shootings](/source/Christchurch_mosque_shootings) and the [Orlando nightclub shooting](/source/Orlando_nightclub_shooting) were described and presented by the media.[11]

In 2019 Fran won a Walkley Award for three episodes of her online video series, *The Frant* in the category of "All Media: Commentary, Analysis, Opinion, and Critique."[12] Her works examined the gender pay gap, the merit myth, and biased media reporting after the mass-shooting in Christchurch.

As of November 2019, she is writing a memoir, *Of Middle Eastern Appearance,* to be published by [Hachette Australia](/source/Hachette_Australia).[13]

In 2021, Fran began hosting [*Question Everything*](/source/Question_Everything_(TV_series)) with [Wil Anderson](/source/Wil_Anderson) on [ABC](/source/ABC_TV_(Australian_TV_channel)).[14]

In 2025, Fran started a company with [Antoinette Lattouf](/source/Antoinette_Lattouf) "Ette Media".[15] The pair launched a podcast "We used to be Journos".

## Personal life

In 2015, Fran married Al Morrow, an advertising director.[1]

## References

1. Brygel, Jackie (25 February 2019). ["The Story of Us. The Feed co-host and her husband reflect on life since their anything-but-humdrum first encounter"](https://www.pressreader.com/australia/new-idea/20190225/282827897415709). *New Idea*. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

1. Verghis, Sharon (27 July 2017). ["'You have to see it to be it': Meet three women who are changing the face of Australian TV"](https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/you-have-to-see-it-to-be-it-meet-three-women-who-are-changing-the-face-of-australian-tv-20170727-gxjsb9.html). *The Sydney Morning Herald*

1. ["Jan Fran takes a DNA test: what did she discover?"](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/jan-fran-takes-a-dna-test-what-did-she-discover). *The Feed*

1. ["Wilosophy Podcast with Jan Fran"](https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=440971). 3 October 2019.

1. ["Interview with Jeannette Francis | upstart"](https://www.upstart.net.au/interview-with-jeannette-francis/). *www.upstart.net.au*

1. Valentish, Jenny (23 February 2019). "Hear Us Roar". *The Sydney Morning Herald*. p. 12, Spectrum.

1. Blackiston, Hannah (18 July 2019). ["Alice Matthews to join SBS' The Feed, as Jan Fran and Patrick Abboud depart"](https://mumbrella.com.au/alice-matthews-to-join-sbs-the-feed-as-jan-fran-and-patrick-abboud-depart-589357). *Mumbrella*. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

1. ["Jan Fran / Claxton Speakers / Speaker Profile"](http://www.claxtonspeakers.com.au/speakers_profile/2514). *www.claxtonspeakers.com.au*

1. Mathieson, Craig (27 June 2019). "Good medicine is in short supply". *The Age*. p. GG3.

1. Bedo, Stephanie (29 November 2018). ["Why we need to start calling out sexual harassment"](https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/why-we-need-to-start-calling-out-sexual-harassment/news-story/8d9c4ed4f3e1042c7538f83ff8de566f). *News.com.au*. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

1. ["Double standards of Western media outlets criticized after Christchurch terror attack"](https://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2019/03/20/double-standards-of-western-media-outlets-criticized-after-christchurch-terror-attack). *Daily Sabah*. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

1. ["Jan Fran: The Frant - All Media: Commentary, Analysis, Opinion, and Critique"](https://www.walkleys.com/award-winners/jan-fran-the-frant). *The Walkley Foundation*

1. Carmody, Broede (25 November 2019). ["Jan Fran holds mirror to Cronulla Riots in her first comedic memoir"](https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/jan-fran-holds-mirror-to-cronulla-riots-in-her-first-comedic-memoir-20191125-p53dst.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

1. Mathieson, Craig (2021-08-18). ["Wil Anderson and Jan Fran put misinformation to the test in new show"](https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/wil-anderson-and-jan-fran-put-misinformation-to-the-test-in-new-show-20210816-p58j4d.html). *The Sydney Morning Herald*. Retrieved 2021-11-29.

1. Kelly, Vivienne (23 June 2025). ["Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran launch Ette Media"](https://mumbrella.com.au/antoinette-lattouf-and-jan-fran-launch-ette-media-878817). Mumbrella. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250624062256/https://mumbrella.com.au/antoinette-lattouf-and-jan-fran-launch-ette-media-878817) 2025-06-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 March 2026.

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