Jana Bohumila Wendt is an Australian Gold Logie award-winning television journalist, reporter and writer.
13 Facts About Jana Wendt
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Jana Wendt attended Presentation College, Windsor before graduating at the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts in 1979.
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In 1982, Jana Wendt then went on to be one of the first reporters on the Australian Nine Network's version of 60 Minutes, as well as filing stories for the American CBS 60 Minutes.
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Jana Wendt hosted A Current Affair, on Nine, from 1987 until November 1992, and was host of Australian Dateline on SBS and Witness on Seven.
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Jana Wendt returned to Channel Nine in 2003 to host Sunday.
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On 1 September 2006, it was announced that Jana Wendt would leave the Nine Network.
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Jana Wendt was then sacked from her regular "Lunch" column for The Bulletin magazine, due to the association the magazine has with the Nine Network; both had the same parent company, PBL.
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On 12 September 2006, just ten days after she left the Nine Network, Jana Wendt agreed to appear on stage at the Seven Network's 50 Years of Television presentation, where she co-presented the News and Current Affairs section with Sydney news presenter Ian Ross, another former Nine Network employee.
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Jana Wendt presented the Logies Hall of Fame award to the program 60 Minutes at the 2018 Logies.
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Jana Wendt married producer Brendan Ward in 1984 and they have one son, Daniel.
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Jana Wendt won the 1992 Gold Logie Award for her role as host of A Current Affair.
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Jana Wendt was not at the presentation to accept her award, citing commitments to A Current Affair, based in Sydney, while the awards were being presented in Melbourne.
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Jana Wendt won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Kennedy Awards.