Country
1 = Australia
2 = Austria
3 = Brazil
4 = Bulgaria
5 = Chile
6 = China
7 = Egypt
8 = Fiji
9 = Germany
10 = Indonesia
11 = Israel
12 = Malaysia
13 = Mexico
14 = Romania
15 = Russia
16 = Spain
17 = Switzerland
18 = Turkey
19 = Uganda
20 = United States
21 = Greece
22 = Pakistan
23 = Portugal

Field Notes: Rank
1 = Senior manager
2 = Junior manager
3 = Non-management staff

Field Notes: Respondent's location
1 = Office
2 = Home
3 = Other

Specific beat vs. general coverage
1 = specific beat
2 = different types of stories

Work for other media
1 = Yes
2 = No

Terms of employment
1 = Full-time employee
2 = Part-time employee
3 = Freelancer
4 = Other

Empoyment status
1 = Permanent
2 = Temporary
3 = Other

Required working hours
555 = No specific requirements

Supervise employees
1 = Yes, usually
2 = Sometimes
3 = No

Roles: be detached observer
1 = extremely important
2 = very important
3 = somewhat important
4 = little important
5 = not important

Standards: no influence on reporting
1 = strongly agree
2 = somewhat agree
3 = neither agree nor disagree
4 = somewhat disagree
5 = strongly disagree

Interested in politics
1 = extremely interested
2 = very interested
3 = somewhat interested
4 = little interested
5 = not interested

Influences inside: peers on the staff
1 = extremely influential
2 = very influential
3 = somewhat influential
4 = little influential
5 = not influential

Accept bribes
1 = Almost always
2 = Rather often
3 = Sometimes
4 = Rather rarely
5 = Never

Educational level
1 = Not completed high school
2 = Completed high school
3 = Vocational or technical school
4 = Some years of undergraduate studies, no degree
5 = Graduated from college or equivalent
6 = Some graduate work, no degree
7 = Master's degree or equivalent
8 = Doctorate or equivalent

Active in professional organization
1 = Active
2 = Somewhat active
3 = Not active

Social activities
1 = Every week
2 = Once a month
3 = Once every three to four months
4 = Once a year
5 = Never

Socialize with colleagues
1 = Every day
2 = A few times a week
3 = A few times a month
4 = Once a month
5 = Less than once a month

1 = Female
2 = Male

Religion: denomination
1 = No religion or denomination
2 = Buddhist
3 = Hindu
4 = Jewish
5 = Muslim
6 = Protestant
7 = Orthodox (Russian/Greek/etc.)
8 = Roman Catholic
9 = Other

Communication medium
1 = Daily newspaper
2 = Weekly
3 = News agency
4 = Television
5 = Radio

Media orientation
1 = quality: citizen-oriented
2 = popular: consumer-oriented

Geographical coverage
1 = national
2 = local

Audience size
1 = small
2 = medium
3 = large

Political leaning
1 = Left from center
2 = Right from center
3 = No political leaning/neutral

Main source of revenue
1 = Advertising
2 = Subscription
3 = Sales
4 = Subsidies
5 = Others

Advertising - share of revenue
1 = No revenues at all from advertising
2 = Up to one quarter of the overall revenues (<= 25 percent)
3 = Up half of the overall revenues (26 – 50 percent)
4 = Up to three quarters of the overall revenues (51 – 75 percent)
5 = More than three quarters but not all of the overall revenues (76 – 99 percent)
6 = All revenues come from advertising

Editorial workflow
1 = Predominantly functional organization
2 = Predominantly divisional organization
3 = Mixed organization