Pros
good salary for a starting journalist, excellent ability to learn a market and make valuable contacts, ability to travel for conferences, clean office, excellent corporate parties and functions, bosses and coworkers are smart and willing to help you learn. hours are with the market, so as long as your work effectively and keep to deadline--your work life balance is amazing. it's wonderful to be able to leave between a little after 5pm almost everyday in this day and age of ever increasing hours at work.
Cons
some of the technological platforms the company uses are a little clunky and could be updated. i haven't experienced much of the negative aspects that some have written about here. while some of the work might be monotonous, many jobs have that component and markets do change everyday.