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Jana Wendt (9 May 1956 in Melbourne, Australia - ) is a leading Australian television journalist who, until August 2006, was host of the Nine Network's Sunday program.
She was born in 1956 in Melbourne to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia in 1949.
Before Sunday, Wendt had worked as 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.
Rumours of her departure from Nine began in June 2006, when the network announced it would merge its Sunday and Business Sunday programs. Leaks to the print media, reportedly from high levels within Nine and described by journalists as "ham-fisted", revealed that the network wanted to replace Wendt with a younger colleague. CEO Eddie McGuire in particular was accused of trying to "white-ant" Wendt. On 1 September 2006 it was announced that Wendt would leave the Nine Network. News reports suggested she would receive a payout of more than $2 million in lieu of the remaining 2½ years of her contract.
The absence of Wendt on the Sunday program's relaunch on 3 September 2006 was met with an unprecedented number of complaints that flooded the Nine Network's switchboard and of which the operator failed to keep count.
Wendt also writes a regular 'Lunch' column for The Bulletin magazine, a publication of Channel Nine's parent company, PBL.
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