Exit Interview: Doug MacGregor, Cartoonist at the Ft. Myers News-Press

Doug MacGregor had worked for the News-Press since 1998 and was laid off during Gannett’s cutting of 700 positions nationwide last week.

The Daily Cartoonist spoke with MacGregor about the job and his next steps.

“I had lunch with my boss a couple of weeks prior,” MacGregor said, “and at that time he let me know cuts were coming and I would probably be on the list of layoffs. It surprised me somewhat, having absorbed another round of furloughs in Q1.

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