The descriptive survey Analysis on the Holding Back Factors behind Meeting Journalistic Principles: The Case of Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) and Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC)rnAfework WubeturnAddis Ababa University, 2021rnJournalism in Ethiopia, now a days, seems stepping off towards a delicate position to the extent it is examining to identify journalists and activists. Thus, the main focus of this study was to investigate the trammeling (holding back) factors behind meeting the basic journalistic principles and the extent of these factors particularly in EBC and FBC. The study revealed the restricting and dragging factors behind a proper functioning of journalistic principles and assessed how journalists understand the basic principles of professional journalism. Moreover, the way journalists and media respond to the slackening factors and the forthright opportunity in front if journalistic principles are given a spot-on emphasis in a nitty-gritty manner have been studied in this research. To this end, this research is of a quite significant merit for the journalists and media to advance journalism professionalism through thorough understanding of journalistic principles and narrowing the drawbacks identified. Methodological wise, both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used, and data were collected from 20 reporters using a questionnaire, four chief editors and two media managers using in-depth interview from both media (EBC and FBC). The study has, therefore, revealed that almost 100% of EBC and 80% of FBC respondents face challenges during a trial to meet journalistic principles, and most of the failure of meeting journalistic principles emanated from the journalists and media themselves not only from external domineering influences-as journalists have problems with differentiating universally known journalistic principles and the editorial policy of their media. Additionally, a single dimensional editorial policy of the media along with external far-fetched political influence is a threat against journalism professionalism, the studyrnivrnindicated. In a nutshell, this study has gone through the possible threats against modern time journalism and come up with paramount findings.