Fran Molloy

{{Short description|Founder of the Freeline forum for independent journalists in Australia}}

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Fran Molloy is an Australian journalist and author, journalism academic and founder of the Freeline forum for independent journalists in Australia.{{cite web|title=Freeline Forum for Independent Journalists | url=http://freeline.net.au/about-2/ |accessdate=2010-08-30}} She is also an elected member of the Federal Council of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.{{cite web|title=MEAA Federal Council | url=https://www.meaa.org/about-us/federal-council/ }} 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, Practical Parenting published by Pacific Magazines.

She also writes for major online publications including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation{{cite web|title=About Us: Freelance contributor - Fran Molloy|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/health/aboutus/bio/molloy_f.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180503/http://www.abc.net.au/health/aboutus/bio/molloy_f.htm|archivedate=3 March 2016 |accessdate=2010-08-30}} and SBS.{{cite web|title=Topics:Fran Molloy|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/person/fran-molloy |accessdate=2020-01-30}} She was also a food reviewer for regular Sydney restaurant guides such as Eating out with Kids,{{cite web|title=Eating out with Kids|url=http://www.eatingoutwithkids.com/ |accessdate=2010-08-30}}{{Failed verification|date=March 2016}} the Good Pub Guide and Cheap Eats Sydney.{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

She previously wrote blogs for a wide readership for Practical Parenting{{cite web|title=Practical Parenting Blog |url=http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/practical-parenting/opinion/author/FSKBG6W55WNO6V6OT56TJANREI/ |accessdate=2010-08-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230034305/http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/practical-parenting/opinion/author/FSKBG6W55WNO6V6OT56TJANREI/|archivedate=30 December 2010}} and Fadgetry, an online gadget guide.{{cite web|title=Fadgetry|url=http://www.fadgetry.com/|accessdate=2010-08-30}} In 2007, Molloy was commended by mental health advocacy Stigmawatch for balanced reporting on mental health issues.{{citation|url=http://www.sane.org/good-news-2007/613-friends-in-need|title=Friends in need|date=26 June 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427202949/http://www.sane.org/good-news-2007/613-friends-in-need|archivedate=27 April 2012}}

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,{{cite web|title=Radio to Print |url=http://www.cbonline.org.au/index.cfm?pageId=12,172,3,1188 |accessdate=2010-08-30}} Molloy was previously manager of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism and also taught at the University of Technology. She regularly comments publicly on issues related to freelance journalism{{cite web|title=Radio National, The Perils and Pluses of Freelance Journalism |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2007/1888698.htm |accessdate=2010-08-30}}{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Sally |title=Freelancers fight Pacific Magazines over copyright grab |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/freelancers-fight-pacific-magazines-over-copyright-grab/story-e6frg996-1225939851198 |newspaper=The Australian|publisher=News Corp Australia |date=2010-10-18}}{{cite web|title=Keynote: Jonathan Tasini |url=http://www.walkleyconference.com.au/blog/?p=216|accessdate=2011-12-01}} and is an adjunct journalism teacher at the University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales Writers' Centre, Southern Cross University Lismore and New York University's Sydney campus.{{cite web|title=NYU Sydney Campus Faculty list|url=http://www.nyu.edu/global/global-academic-centers/sydney/academics/faculty.html|accessdate=16 October 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082653/http://www.nyu.edu/global/global-academic-centers/sydney/academics/faculty.html|archivedate=4 March 2016}}

Molloy was educated at the University of Sydney and De La Salle College, Cronulla and lives in the Sutherland Shire with her husband Brendan FitzPatrick and four children.{{cite web|title=PP Bloggers |url=http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/practical-parenting/opinion/author/FSKBG6W55WNO6V6OT56TJANREI/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230034305/http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/practical-parenting/opinion/author/FSKBG6W55WNO6V6OT56TJANREI/|archivedate=30 December 2010|date=31 May 2010}}