Jan Fran is a Walkley-winning journalist, TV Presenter and social commentator. She is the co-host of ABC’s Question Everything and is well known for her work on Channel 10’s The Project and SBS’s The Feed.

Jan is the creator, writer and presenter of the online opinion segment, The Frant, which has been viewed more than 25 million times on social media and earned Jan a 2019 Walkley Award for Best Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique.

Jan has written for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and has appeared as a commentator on Q+A, The Today Show, Studio 10, ABC Breakfast, The Latest and The Drum.

Jan has shot and produced documentaries from all over the world. She’s lived in Lebanon, France, Bangladesh and Uganda and speaks three languages, most of them terribly.

Jan is an ambassador for Plan International Australia where she advocates for women and girls and her strong reporting on women’s issues also earned her a 2018 Walkley nomination for Women’s Leadership in Media.

Awards & Nominations

WALKLEY AWARDS Winner – Best Commentary, Analysis, Opinion & Critique, The Frant (2019)
MUMBRELLA PUBLISH AWARDS Shortlisted – Columnist of the Year, Best Use of Video & Best Podcast (2019)
B&T WOMEN IN MEDIA AWARDS Shortlisted – Best Journalist (2019)
AUSTRALIAN PODCAST AWARDS Finalist – Best Branded Podcast, Sexism and the City (2019)
OUR WATCH AWARDS Winner – Best Use of Social Media, The Frant (2018)
WALKLEY AWARDS Finalist – Women’s Leadership In Media, In the Age of #Metoo (2018)
COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE’S WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS Finalist – Best TV/Radio Personality (2017)
UNAA MEDIA PEACE AWARDS Finalist – Abuse in disabled schools (2015)
UNAA MEDIA PEACE AWARDS Finalist – Prison Letters (2013)
WALKLEY AWARDS Finalist – Young Journalist of the Year, Minorities in Uganda (2012)

Television

THE PROJECT / THE SUNDAY PROJECT
Regular Guest Host & Panellist. Network TEN 2018-Current
QUESTION EVERYTHING (Series 3)
Host. CJZ 2023
THE DRUM
Regular Panellist. ABC TV 2017-2023
QUESTION EVERYTHING (Series 2)
Host. CJZ 2022
THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 8)
Guest. ABC TV, Thinkative TV 2022
THE COOK UP WITH ADAM LIAW
Guest. SBS 2021-2022
QUESTION EVERYTHING
Host. CJZ 2021
Q+A
Panellist. ABC TV 2017, 2019 & 2020
THE LATEST
Regular Guest. Seven Network 2019
WEEKEND TODAY
Regular Commentator. NINE Network 2019
HUGHESY WE HAVE A PROBLEM (Series 4)
Guest. Screentime 2019
MEDICINE OR MYTH?
Host. Warner Brothers International Television Production
Australia Pty Ltd 2019
THE FEED
Host. SBSVICELAND 2016-2019
CELEBRITY NAME GAME
Guest. Fremantle Media Australia Pty Limited 2019
2018 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Special Correspondent. SBS TV 2018
PAUL MURRAY LIVE
Regular Panellist. Sky News Australia 2018
AMERICA’S FIRST CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGEES
Presenter. Dateline / SBS TV 2017
2017 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Correspondent. SBS TV 2017
ABC NEWS BREAKFAST
Panellist. ABC TV 2017
LATELINE
Commentator. ABC TV 2016
GRASSROOTS AMERICA
Creator / Presenter. SBS TV 2016
THE FEED
Presenter. SBSVICELAND 2013-2015
19 REASONS TO LOVE IF YOU ARE THE ONE
Presenter. Golden Duck 2014
CROSSOVER KIDS
Shooter / Presenter. Dateline / SBS TV 2013
THE K-POP EFFECT
Shooter / Presenter. Dateline / SBS TV 2013
MINORITIES IN UGANDA
Shooter / Presenter. SBS TV 2012

Podcasts

THE BRIEFING
Co-Host. SCA 2020-Current
THE PINEAPPLE PROJECT
Host. ABC 2020
THE FEW WHO DO
Co-Host. SBS 2019
SEXISM AND THE CITY
Host. Plan International Australia 2018

Web Series

HELPFUL OR HARMFUL
Host. The Bravery & Kathmandu Pty Limited 2019