Journalist and public relation professionalsâ€™ relationship has been seen as â€œantagonisticâ€ for severalrndecades in both journalism and public relations scholarship. This study aimed to determine factors thatrnaffect media relations in city government of Addis Ababa public sector government organizations. Thisrnstudy employs Qualitative and quantitative research based studies, specifically explanatory design. So asrnto get reliable information the study used survey, in-depth interview and document analysis. The studyrnpurposefully incorporated 5 communication directors from 5 public sector government organizations andrn77 journalists who work in 19 private and government Medias. Data received was presented in the formrnof tables, graphs as well as narrative statements. The study revealed that social Medias are not appliedrnproperly for media relations purpose , the application of public information model by the selected publicrnsector government organizations caused problems on the task of media relations, the strategies being usedrnby the media and public sector government organizations are affecting the media relations tasks andrnexperience of journalists and knowledge gap of preparing Press releases and conferences were otherrnfactors that affect media relations. The study concluded that government at all levels must establish arncoordinating forum between the government and the leadership of the media. This forum can be used tornstraighten out any misunderstandings that arise in the day to day relationships and also start a new culturernof mutual cooperation.