Fran Kelly

Fran Kelly is an Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent who has hosted the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National program Breakfast since March 2005.

Fran Kelly
Born
Australia
Alma materSt Dominic's Priory College
OccupationAustralian radio presenter
Years active1988–present
Known forCurrent affairs journalism and political correspondence

Early life

Fran Kelly grew up in Adelaide, she attended St Dominic's Priory College for some time and then went to the University of Adelaide, completing an arts degree and majoring in literature and classics.[1]

Career in journalism

In 1988, Kelly moved to Sydney to work on Triple J. In 1990 she became a reporter for ABC Radio National's current affairs programs AM and PM. Kelly became Canberra bureau chief, chief political correspondent with AM and PM, political editor for ABC's Radio National Breakfast and ABC television's The 7:30 Report and the ABC's Europe correspondent. In 2005 she returned to Australia to host Radio National Breakfast.[2]

Kelly was involved with the documentary series The Howard Years in 2008, for which she interviewed former US president George W. Bush. She appears regularly as a panelist and commentator on ABC TV's Insiders, engaging in debate and discussion with other experienced political journalists.

In 2008 Kelly received a Same Same 25 award, recognising her as one of the country's most influential gay and lesbian Australians.[3] She was named by The Sydney Morning Herald's "the (Sydney) magazine" as one of Sydney's 100 most influential people of 2011. She is described by the Australian electronic magazine Crikey as "one of the most influential media players in the country."[4]

Political views and activism

Kelly has described herself as an activist.[5] Kelly is a feminist, and stated in a 2012 interview that she's identified as such since her school years.[2]

In 2007, Kelly launched the Australian Human Rights Commission's "Same-Sex: Same Entitlements" inquiry.[2] She has been involved with One Just World's speaker forums, moderating a "Women of the World" forum for WOMADelaide and speaking on the "Stand Up Against Poverty" forum in 2009.[6]

References
  1. ABC Radio National, "Fran Kelly."
  2. Same Same 25, Fran Kelly: Presenter, Radio National Archived 29 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine." 2008.
  3. Andrew Georgiou, ""Same Same 25 Honoured" Archived 5 January 2013 at Archive.today, Time Out Sydney. 18 December 2008.
  4. Jason Whittaker, "The quality journalism project: early bird Fran Kelly", Crikey, 26 October 2011.
  5. "Making radio waves". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. One Just World, "Kelly Forum Speakers and Moderators: Get to Know Fran Kelly".
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