Pros
The quality of the work is great, and as a journalist you get to work on really interesting stories that matter.
Cons
I think for full-time staff it's ok, but the treatment of casual staff is frankly terrible. All casual stuff are on zero-hour contracts, meaning the company has no obligation to provide any minimum salary. This is a horrible situation to be in as an employee, the days that I was rostered on varied every week - which made it impossible to have another job, and the number of shifts really varied - sometimes it was only one and sometimes as many as six. Also at the end of one week, your shifts could suddenly change - and suddenly your shifts may be reduced, so you may not earn enough to pay your rent, but you hardly had time to get anything else. I had to leave as I was always stressed about whether I could pay my rent, and I had to keep borrowing money off my parents. People are usually treated as casuals for at least a year, sometimes two, before they are offered full-time positions. Most only survive because they have family to live with, or partners to support them, but if you don't have these things it's very hard. Usually once you have been there a while, you start to get more shifts, but there's no guarantee.
