Fanning currently hosts the Drive program on ABC Radio Brisbane.
Fanning started a career in commercial radio in 1988, after graduating with a communications degree from the Queensland University of Technology.
Fanning wrote and directed a six-part documentary series titled Fine Line for SBS TV in 2002.
[2] In 2006, Fanning became co-host of Sunday with Ross Greenwood, who was then replaced by Ray Martin in 2007.
[6] In 2017, Fanning returned to ABC TV to become host of The Drum, a role she shared with Julia Baird.