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127,602 journalists are on file at 8,800 news outlets. They sell as CSV lists by beat, outlet, country and role. Last updated October 2026.

Source: JournalistLabs

127,602 Journalists on file
8,800 Outlets with at least one
31,773 Carry a beat in the title or headline
26 Beats counted

31,773 of the 127,602 journalists on file, 24.9%, carry a beat word in their job title or profile headline. Every beat figure on this site counts those titled rows, not the whole file. Source: JournalistLabs.

By country

69,377 of the 127,602 journalists on file are in the United States, 54.4% of the file. Source: JournalistLabs.

CountryJournalistsShare of fileReportersEditorsEditors per reporter
United States 69,377 54.4% 22,945 30,040 1.31
United Kingdom 12,094 9.5% 3,479 6,085 1.75
India 7,656 6.0% 2,432 3,829 1.57
Australia 4,170 3.3% 1,770 1,609 0.91
Canada 3,026 2.4% 912 1,601 1.76
Sweden 1,879 1.5% 1,593 195 0.12
Germany 1,643 1.3% 848 546 0.64
South Africa 1,530 1.2% 506 490 0.97
Indonesia 1,520 1.2% 696 624 0.9
France 1,369 1.1% 864 305 0.35
Denmark 1,125 0.9% 960 121 0.13
Brazil 1,024 0.8% 140 784 5.6
Italy 907 0.7% 324 403 1.24
Singapore 787 0.6% 201 389 1.94
Spain 770 0.6% 199 425 2.14
Turkey 742 0.6% 181 329 1.82
Ireland 717 0.6% 254 247 0.97
Hong Kong 644 0.5% 235 334 1.42
Philippines 632 0.5% 191 354 1.85
Nigeria 605 0.5% 276 202 0.73
Pakistan 562 0.4% 248 185 0.75
Norway 550 0.4% 467 55 0.12
Belgium 536 0.4% 281 144 0.51
China 535 0.4% 193 249 1.29
Israel 530 0.4% 153 281 1.84

Country is the country on the journalist's own profile, not the country the outlet is registered in. A country page is published at 200 rows or more; 43 countries clear it. Source: JournalistLabs.

Lists of journalists by beat

ListRowsWork emails
Sports journalists 6,000 2,446
Politics journalists 3,471 338
Business journalists 2,843 516
Culture and arts journalists 2,443 363
Finance and markets journalists 2,286 117
Entertainment journalists 1,945 163
Foreign affairs journalists 1,696 140
Investigative journalists 1,532 776
Local news journalists 1,484 349
Science journalists 1,411 118
Crime and courts journalists 1,245 96
Health journalists 1,063 415
Technology journalists 1,053 358
Economics journalists 1,045 120
Education journalists 840 48
Climate and environment journalists 802 72
Fashion journalists 743 45
Food journalists 616 160
Travel journalists 495 133
Real estate journalists 400 81
Energy journalists 324 30
AI journalists 275 107
Defence and security journalists 270 23
Crypto journalists 107 10
Immigration journalists 86 3
Cybersecurity journalists 65 11

Name, title, outlet, country, role, seniority and work email where one was confirmed before sale. $29 one-time per list. Source: JournalistLabs, .

Lists of journalists by outlet

ListRowsWork emails
Journalists at The New York Times 1,847 829
Journalists at ESPN 771 743
Journalists at ABC News (Australia) 1,076 571
Journalists at CNN 883 507
Journalists at Sinclair Broadcast Group 463 446
Journalists at Fox News Media 432 418
Journalists at Los Angeles Times 396 377
Journalists at The Telegraph 372 236
Journalists at RTE 363 216
Journalists at BBC 3,305 195
Journalists at New York Post 303 183
Journalists at The Times 428 179
Journalists at Anadolu Agency 334 161
Journalists at The Washington Post 153 107
Journalists at The Guardian 621 88
Journalists at USA Today 376 81
Journalists at FOX Sports 105 70
Journalists at Major League Baseball (MLB) 127 54
Journalists at Associated Press 888 51
Journalists at Business Insider 239 45

Name, title, outlet, country, role, seniority and work email where one was confirmed before sale. $29 one-time per list. Source: JournalistLabs, .

Every outlet with a list.

Lists of journalists by country

ListRowsWork emails
Journalists in the United States 61,457 6,538
Journalists in the United Kingdom 10,567 1,035
Journalists in India 6,135 105
Journalists in Australia 3,744 699
Journalists in Canada 2,711 97
Journalists in Sweden 1,757 53
Journalists in Germany 1,468 64
Journalists in South Africa 1,301 50
Journalists in France 1,246 44
Journalists in Indonesia 1,169 10
Journalists in Denmark 1,080 47
Journalists in Brazil 788 78

Name, title, outlet, country, role, seniority and work email where one was confirmed before sale. $29 one-time per list. Source: JournalistLabs, .

Lists of editors, correspondents, columnists and anchors

ListRowsWork emails
Editors 43,722 4,058
Anchors and presenters 8,229 768
Correspondents 5,176 577
Columnists 2,400 170

Name, title, outlet, country, role, seniority and work email where one was confirmed before sale. $29 one-time per list. Source: JournalistLabs, .

By beat

6,533 journalists on file carry sports in their title or headline, the largest beat of the 26 counted. Source: JournalistLabs.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of file
Sports 6,533 5.1%
Politics 3,709 2.9%
Business 3,138 2.5%
Culture and arts 2,767 2.2%
Finance and markets 2,491 2.0%
Entertainment 2,452 1.9%
Foreign affairs 1,867 1.5%
Investigative 1,612 1.3%
Local news 1,601 1.3%
Science 1,546 1.2%
Crime and courts 1,372 1.1%
Technology 1,184 0.9%
Economics 1,158 0.9%
Health 1,141 0.9%
Education 932 0.7%
Climate and environment 868 0.7%
Fashion 833 0.7%
Food 668 0.5%
Travel 541 0.4%
Real estate 428 0.3%
Energy 348 0.3%
AI 331 0.3%
Defence and security 296 0.2%
Crypto 123 0.1%
Immigration 93 0.1%
Cybersecurity 72 0.1%

A journalist whose title or headline names two beats is counted under both, so the beats add up to more than the 31,773 rows carrying any beat. A beat page is published at 40 rows or more. Source: JournalistLabs.

By role

RoleJournalistsShare of file
Editors 54,548 42.7%
Reporters 46,013 36.1%
Anchors and presenters 8,678 6.8%
Other editorial 6,625 5.2%
Correspondents 5,463 4.3%
News producers 2,856 2.2%
Columnists 2,522 2.0%
Critics and reviewers 897 0.7%

Role comes from the first phrase the job title matches in the published classifier. Source: JournalistLabs.

By outlet type

Outlet typeOutletsJournalistsEditors per reporter
Newspapers 3,062 44,234 1.22
Broadcasters 3,115 52,664 0.89
Online outlets 2,216 16,885 1.86
Wire agencies 59 5,448 0.65
Magazines 183 4,222 4.54

Source: JournalistLabs.

Every beat

Every country

Cite this

JournalistLabs, journalists on file, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/.

127,602 journalists at 8,800 outlets. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.