Opinions of the public on journalists and journalism/ journalists' thoughts about how the public thinks about them. Part I: Public: variables concerning journalists and journalism: reading newspapers, frequency of reading / is this language understandable / are names with the articles important / r felt need to react to something in the paper/ wrote letters, about what / r watching news on television or listening to news on radio / which of 3 news media most understandable, reliable, correct / r's opinion on influence of journalism on own opinion/ on the public in general/ on politicians / r's favourite journalist / issues of privacy and mentioning of resources in news articles / idea of journalism as a profession that needs a particular education / concluded with range of statements like: professional secrecy, privacy, sex, suicide, hostage taking in journalism. Part II: Journalists: r working for specific newspaper and specific department / number of years of experience in profession / assigning a name to a story important: why yes, why not / does r think the public thinks that assigning a name to a story is important/ why yes/ why not / r personally receiving reactions from the public / press in the Netherlands a so-called fourth power / reactions from the public of influence on r's journalistic activities / possible defence actions of the public against specific journalistic stories / r's thoughts about the public's thinking about ( not ) mentioning sources / r's thoughts about characteristics of the readers of his paper: political interest, progressive, conservative/ tolerant/ informed/ ( un- )prejudiced / degree of influence of journalist on public opinion / the public's thoughts on the most important task of journalists / statements about journalism. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ occupation/employment/ education/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure