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536 journalists in Belgium (September 2026)

536 journalists are on file in Belgium, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 281 are reporters and 144 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

536 Journalists on file
281 Reporters
144 Editors
0.51 Editors per reporter

Belgium has 0.51 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 Belgium
Reporters 281 52.4%
Editors 144 26.9%
Correspondents 70 13.1%
Other editorial 15 2.8%
Anchors and presenters 9 1.7%
Columnists 9 1.7%
News producers 5 0.9%
Critics and reviewers 3 0.6%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

183 of the 536 journalists on file in Belgium carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Politics 61 33.3%
Foreign affairs 20 10.9%
Climate and environment 12 6.6%
Technology 11 6.0%
Finance and markets 11 6.0%
Culture and arts 11 6.0%
Energy 6 3.3%
Defence and security 6 3.3%
Sports 6 3.3%
Food 6 3.3%
Economics 5 2.7%
Business 5 2.7%

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

Outlets in Belgium

OutletTypeJournalists in BelgiumAll journalists on file
RTBF Broadcasters 114 127
Het Laatste Nieuws Newspapers 71 74
POLITICO Europe Newspapers 58 130
De Persgroep Publishing Newspapers 49 59
Euronews Broadcasters 40 231
Medialaan Broadcasters 21 22
De Tijd Newspapers 16 17
Bloomberg Online outlets 11 1,785
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 10 732
ARD Broadcasters 8 140
AFP Wire agencies 7 865
ANSA Wire agencies 7 86
Agencia EFE Wire agencies 5 175
The New York Times Newspapers 4 2,168
Associated Press Wire agencies 4 1,057
Financial Times Newspapers 4 595
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 3 1,535
Nikkei Newspapers 3 234
Anadolu Agency Wire agencies 3 383
dpa Wire agencies 3 136

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

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JournalistLabs, 536 journalists in Belgium, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/belgium/.

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

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