Journalism and public relations for decades have a mixed and close relationship. There is a large number of former journalists in public relations agencies, and some estimates suggest that the share of former journalists or journalists reaches up to 70 percent of the total number of public relations employees. Therefore the question is whether the journalistic experience is a prerequisite for dealing with public relations? Based on the attitudes of surveyed journalists, common negative attitude towards PR and PR experts through the years changed towards more resilient attitudes, i.e. journalists are increasingly experiencing PR as associates and partners. On the other hand, domestic PR practitioners believe that journalism is by no means a prerequisite for dealing with public relations, but they strongly highlight the interrelationship of two professions. Also, the interviewed PRs have, for the good performance of their work, listed a number of skills that are immanent to journalists, especially emphasizing these two: writing skills and knowledge of media functioning. To conclude, the thesis is that journalism has and will always have an extremely important role in the development of public relations, but not as a necessary prerequisite for PR.