Jana Bohumila Wendt (/ˈjɑːnɑː vɛnt/ YAH-nah VENT; born 9 May 1956) is an Australian television journalist, reporter, and writer.

Jana Bohumila Wendt was born in Melbourne in 1956 to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia in 1949, as political refugees on account of her father's work as a journalist for a Czech dissident newspaper.

Wendt attended Presentation College, Windsor, before graduating at the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts (French, Honours) in 1979.

During her career, Wendt worked for every major commercial broadcaster as well as the public broadcasters. She was at one point the highest-paid person on Australian television.

Starting as a researcher for the ABC, Wendt's television career began as a journalist for ATV-10 evening news, before sharing presenting duties with David Johnston.

In 1982, 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. 60 Minutes producer Gerald Stone described her as "more like a Hollywood film star than anyone else in Australian TV".

Wendt hosted A Current Affair, also on Nine, from 1987 until November 1992. Prime Minister Bob Hawke chose to announce his resignation via a pre-recorded interview with Wendt on A Current Affair in 1992, rather than by giving a press conference. His successor, Paul Keating, gave her his first interview as Prime Minister.

She also hosted Dateline on SBS and Witness on Seven.^{[citation needed]} She also did a number of specials for the ABC.^{[citation needed]}