I attended the AICAlliance conference and saw the podcasts being taped. I got to talk to Chuck Jaffe who worked for Marketwatch for many years. He lost his job at Marketwatch a few months ago- he said they let go almost all of the experienced financial journalists and replaced them with young kids with little experience. He has started a podcast where he interviews people-
http://moneylifeshow.com/guests.php
Gregg Greenberg (who used to work for thestreet.com) was also there and also recently lost his job. It seems experienced financial journalists are having a tough time now.