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1,024 journalists in Brazil (September 2026)

1,024 journalists are on file in Brazil, 0.8% of the 127,602 on file. 140 are reporters and 784 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

1,024 Journalists on file
140 Reporters
784 Editors
5.6 Editors per reporter

Brazil has 5.6 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 Brazil
Editors 784 76.6%
Reporters 140 13.7%
Other editorial 51 5.0%
Correspondents 23 2.2%
Columnists 20 2.0%
Anchors and presenters 3 0.3%
Critics and reviewers 3 0.3%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

142 of the 1,024 journalists on file in Brazil carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 21 14.8%
Entertainment 19 13.4%
Foreign affairs 16 11.3%
Finance and markets 15 10.6%
Economics 11 7.7%
Culture and arts 9 6.3%
Politics 7 4.9%
Education 6 4.2%
Energy 4 2.8%
Science 4 2.8%
AI 4 2.8%
Crypto 4 2.8%

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

Outlets in Brazil

OutletTypeJournalists in BrazilAll journalists on file
SBT Broadcasters 226 232
ESPN Broadcasters 97 957
UOL - Universo Online Online outlets 76 94
Estadão Newspapers 72 74
Infoglobo Newspapers 40 40
Rede Gazeta Broadcasters 34 34
Rede Bahia Broadcasters 31 31
Bloomberg Online outlets 26 1,785
Grupo a TARDE Newspapers 21 22
TV Gazeta de Alagoas Online outlets 21 21
Webedia Online outlets 20 138
EXAME Online outlets 18 20
Brasil Paralelo Online outlets 16 16
AFP Wire agencies 15 865
Third Rail Digital Online outlets 10 14
Agencia EFE Wire agencies 9 175
InfoMoney Newspapers 9 11
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 8 732
Reuters Wire agencies 8 710
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 7 1,535

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

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JournalistLabs, 1,024 journalists in Brazil, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/brazil/.

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

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