CATHY WILCOX: "I don't regret the cartoon" + being at the Herald since Oct 7
2026-11-01
Welcome to the very first episode of They Used To Be... a weekly interview podcast with people who are no longer in a position that once defined them. Now they’re on the other side; they can speak candidly about who they were, why they left, and whether they see the world differently now that they’ve stepped away.
Cathy Wilcox used to be a cartoonist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age until she took a redundancy a few months ago.
In her first interview since leaving The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age after 37 years, she discusses her infamous cartoon “Grass roots”, and what it was like being under sustained external attacks.
In this no-holds-barred chat, Wilcox reflects on the heyday of editorial cartooning, what she loves most about the power of the pencil, and how far she believes the Herald has fallen in recent years - and why.
Plus, she has a special message for her former colleagues, delivered in classic Wilcox style. (Nine newspapers were contacted for comment, but did not respond).
Senior Producer: Alyssa Partington
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We used to be journalists, but now we mostly just bitch about them. (Kidding. Kind of.) Hosted by long-suffering journalists and even longer-suffering friends Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, this podcast also break down broken news.
Episodes drop Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
MONDAYS: They Used To Be... Antoinette Lattouf interviews a range of people who used to do or be something that defined them, shaping how they saw the world, and how the world saw them. But now that they no longer hold this position, what can they see (and say!?) .
WEDNESDAYS: We Used to Be Journos is the flagship show where Jan and Antoinette pull apart the week in media from people who know exactly how the machine runs because they worked inside it for decades. Consider it a guided media literacy tour of the newsroom sausage factory so you know what ended up on your plate.
SATURDAYS: Only Fran hands the microphone to Walkley Award winner Jan Fran. One issue, one sharp monologue forensically researched, tightly argued, and - inconveniently for the powerful - quite funny.
Senior Producer: Alyssa Partington
Shooter/Editor: Lachlan French
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