Fran Molloy

Fran Molloy is an Australian journalist and author, journalism academic and founder of the Freeline forum for independent journalists in Australia.[1] She is also on the Federal Council of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.[2] Her work has appeared in such newspapers as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Sun-Herald as well as a range of magazines including Fast Thinking, The Walkley Magazine published by the Walkley Awards, G Magazine (Australia), Practical Parenting published by Pacific Magazines and others.

She also writes for major online publications including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[3] She is also a food reviewer for regular Sydney restaurant guides such as Eating out with Kids,[4] the Good Pub Guide and Cheap Eats Sydney.

She blogs at Practical Parenting [5] and Fadgetry, an online gadget guide.[6] In 2007, Molloy was commended by mental health advocacy Stigmawatch for balanced reporting on mental health issues.[7]

As well as hundreds of articles, Molloy has written the books Careers in Journalism (2004) (with Helena Janson) and Extreme: jobs your mother doesn't want you to know about (2006). A former magazine editor and radio producer,[8] Molloy was previously manager of the Australian Centre of Independent Journalism and also taught at the University of Technology. She regularly comments publicly on issues related to freelance journalism [9][10][11] and is an adjunct journalism teacher at the University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales Writers' Centre and Southern Cross University Lismore and New York University's Sydney campus.[12]

Molloy was educated at De La Salle College, Cronulla and lives in the Sutherland Shire with her husband Brendan FitzPatrick and four children.[13]