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1,369 journalists in France (September 2026)

1,369 journalists are on file in France, 1.1% of the 127,602 on file. 864 are reporters and 305 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

1,369 Journalists on file
864 Reporters
305 Editors
0.35 Editors per reporter

France has 0.35 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 France
Reporters 864 63.1%
Editors 305 22.3%
Correspondents 80 5.8%
Other editorial 55 4.0%
Anchors and presenters 40 2.9%
News producers 13 0.9%
Columnists 6 0.4%
Critics and reviewers 6 0.4%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

328 of the 1,369 journalists on file in France carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Food 34 10.4%
Finance and markets 32 9.8%
Culture and arts 29 8.8%
Politics 28 8.5%
Fashion 28 8.5%
Sports 24 7.3%
Business 23 7.0%
Foreign affairs 20 6.1%
Entertainment 17 5.2%
Climate and environment 15 4.6%
Economics 13 4.0%
Science 13 4.0%

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

Outlets in France

OutletTypeJournalists in FranceAll journalists on file
AFP Wire agencies 187 865
France 24 Broadcasters 172 269
Groupe TF1 Broadcasters 153 164
BFMTV Broadcasters 96 107
Euronews Broadcasters 72 231
Radio France Internationale Broadcasters 72 150
Le Figaro Newspapers 69 86
ARTE Broadcasters 63 101
Vogue Magazines 19 349
Reuters Wire agencies 18 710
UNESCO Magazines 18 43
Bloomberg Online outlets 17 1,785
Webedia Online outlets 16 138
Associated Press Wire agencies 14 1,057
POLITICO Europe Newspapers 14 130
Brut. Newspapers 13 21
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 13 1,535
La Tribune Newspapers 12 20
BBC Broadcasters 9 3,935
The New York Times Newspapers 9 2,168

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

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JournalistLabs, 1,369 journalists in France, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/france/.

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

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