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| Jana won the 1992 Gold Logie for her role as host of A Current Affair. | Jana won the 1992 Gold Logie for her role as host of A Current Affair. | ||
| In July 2006, CEO of the Nine Network, Eddie McGuire, was accused of trying to 'white-ant' Wendt. Alleged high-level leaks to the print media, described by journalists as 'ham-fisted', revealed that the network wanted to replace the high-profile Wendt with a younger colleague. | |||
| Wendt also writes a regular 'Lunch' column for ''The Bulletin'' magazine, a publication of Channel Nine's parent company, PBL. | Wendt also writes a regular 'Lunch' column for ''The Bulletin'' magazine, a publication of Channel Nine's parent company, PBL. | ||
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Jana Wendt was born on May 9 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia in 1949. She is currently the host of the Nine Network's Sunday program.
Recognised as one of Australia's leading television journalists, Jana Wendt has previously been a reporter on Australian 60 Minutes, as well as filing stories for the American CBS 60 Minutes. She has been host of A Current Affair, also on Nine, a host of Australian Dateline, on SBS, Witness, on Seven, and a newsreader on ATV-10. She also did a number of specials for the ABC.
In 2004 a painting of Jana Wendt by artist Evert Ploegs won the Packers room award at the Archibald Prize. Jana Wendt is married to producer Brendan Ward and has one son, Daniel.
Jana won the 1992 Gold Logie for her role as host of A Current Affair.
In July 2006, CEO of the Nine Network, Eddie McGuire, was accused of trying to 'white-ant' Wendt. Alleged high-level leaks to the print media, described by journalists as 'ham-fisted', revealed that the network wanted to replace the high-profile Wendt with a younger colleague.
Wendt also writes a regular 'Lunch' column for The Bulletin magazine, a publication of Channel Nine's parent company, PBL.
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