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 a freelance member 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, NSW) and lives in the Sutherland Shire with her husband Brendan FitzPatrick and four children.^[13]

Bibliography

• Careers in Journalism, John Wiley and Sons, Sydney, 2004, ISBN 0-7314-0112-3
• Extreme : jobs your mother doesn't want you to know about , CareerFAQ, Ultimo, 2006, ISBN 978-1-921106-28-6

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