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We Used to be Journos

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by Ette Media

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<p>We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.</p><p>Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><br><p>Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber <a href="https://www.ettemedia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDn2m-RFCy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here. </a></p><br><p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jaidanielpyne/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jaidanielpyne</a> for composing the music for our podcast.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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What is We Used to be Journos?
<p>We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) We also break down broken news.</p><p>Episodes drop Wednesday and Saturday.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><br><p>Support Ette Media by becoming a subscriber <a href="https://www.ettemedia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>If you want to see our mugs as we yap you can watch the episode in full <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDn2m-RFCy4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here. </a></p><br><p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jaidanielpyne/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jaidanielpyne</a> for composing the music for our podcast.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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