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4,170 journalists in Australia (September 2026)

4,170 journalists are on file in Australia, 3.3% of the 127,602 on file. 1,770 are reporters and 1,609 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

4,170 Journalists on file
1,770 Reporters
1,609 Editors
0.91 Editors per reporter

Australia has 0.91 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Australia
Reporters 1,770 42.4%
Editors 1,609 38.6%
Anchors and presenters 403 9.7%
Other editorial 106 2.5%
News producers 103 2.5%
Correspondents 100 2.4%
Columnists 58 1.4%
Critics and reviewers 21 0.5%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

1,095 of the 4,170 journalists on file in Australia carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 253 23.1%
Politics 94 8.6%
Business 92 8.4%
Finance and markets 79 7.2%
Entertainment 74 6.8%
Culture and arts 67 6.1%
Foreign affairs 57 5.2%
Crime and courts 46 4.2%
Investigative 44 4.0%
Health 40 3.7%
Real estate 33 3.0%
Food 31 2.8%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Australia

OutletTypeJournalists in AustraliaAll journalists on file
ABC News (Australia) Broadcasters 1,130 1,194
News Corp Australia Online outlets 380 397
Fairfax Media Online outlets 370 521
Seven Network Broadcasters 267 275
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Australia Broadcasters 256 264
Seven West Media Broadcasters 134 137
The Australian Newspapers 132 144
The Sydney Morning Herald Newspapers 91 98
Southern Cross Austereo Broadcasters 80 87
Fox Sports Australia Broadcasters 71 79
The Daily Telegraph Newspapers 68 94
The Guardian Newspapers 62 718
Bloomberg Online outlets 37 1,785
News.Com.Au Newspapers 37 39
AFL - Australian Football League Online outlets 37 37
Australian Financial Review Newspapers 34 35
The Age Newspapers 30 30
Sky News Australia Broadcasters 29 29
The Conversation Online outlets 26 68
BBC Broadcasters 25 3,935

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Australia, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 4,170 journalists in Australia, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/australia/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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