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1,643 journalists in Germany (September 2026)

1,643 journalists are on file in Germany, 1.3% of the 127,602 on file. 848 are reporters and 546 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

1,643 Journalists on file
848 Reporters
546 Editors
0.64 Editors per reporter

Germany has 0.64 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 Germany
Reporters 848 51.6%
Editors 546 33.2%
Correspondents 109 6.6%
Other editorial 77 4.7%
Anchors and presenters 45 2.7%
Columnists 8 0.5%
News producers 5 0.3%
Critics and reviewers 5 0.3%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

416 of the 1,643 journalists on file in Germany carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 54 13.0%
Politics 46 11.1%
Business 34 8.2%
Foreign affairs 31 7.5%
Culture and arts 31 7.5%
Technology 27 6.5%
Finance and markets 26 6.2%
Economics 23 5.5%
Science 22 5.3%
Entertainment 21 5.0%
Climate and environment 19 4.6%
Energy 13 3.1%

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

Outlets in Germany

OutletTypeJournalists in GermanyAll journalists on file
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 503 732
ZDF Broadcasters 165 204
ARD Broadcasters 101 140
Zeit Online Newspapers 83 98
Der Spiegel Magazines 78 98
dpa Wire agencies 67 136
Bloomberg Online outlets 44 1,785
Sky News Broadcasters 41 375
Frankfurter Allgemeine Newspapers 38 52
taz Newspapers 24 33
ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE Broadcasters 23 26
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 21 1,535
Webedia Online outlets 20 138
AFP Wire agencies 18 865
ARTE Broadcasters 17 101
POLITICO Europe Newspapers 13 130
manager magazin Newspapers 12 17
The New York Times Newspapers 12 2,168
Financial Times Newspapers 12 595
Reuters Wire agencies 10 710

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

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JournalistLabs, 1,643 journalists in Germany, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/germany/.

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

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