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644 journalists in Hong Kong (September 2026)

644 journalists are on file in Hong Kong, 0.5% of the 127,602 on file. 235 are reporters and 334 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

644 Journalists on file
235 Reporters
334 Editors
1.42 Editors per reporter

Hong Kong has 1.42 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 Hong Kong
Editors 334 51.9%
Reporters 235 36.5%
Correspondents 41 6.4%
Columnists 14 2.2%
Other editorial 13 2.0%
News producers 4 0.6%
Anchors and presenters 2 0.3%
Critics and reviewers 1 0.2%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

185 of the 644 journalists on file in Hong Kong carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Finance and markets 43 23.2%
Business 26 14.1%
Culture and arts 18 9.7%
Technology 17 9.2%
Economics 12 6.5%
Fashion 10 5.4%
Education 9 4.9%
Foreign affairs 6 3.2%
Health 6 3.2%
Travel 6 3.2%
Politics 5 2.7%
Entertainment 5 2.7%

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

Outlets in Hong Kong

OutletTypeJournalists in Hong KongAll journalists on file
South China Morning Post Newspapers 241 328
Bloomberg Online outlets 88 1,785
Sing Tao Newspapers San Francisco Newspapers 39 80
CNN Broadcasters 38 1,030
AFP Wire agencies 34 865
The New York Times Newspapers 19 2,168
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 16 1,535
Financial Times Newspapers 16 595
Reuters Wire agencies 9 710
TVB Broadcasters 7 8
Associated Press Wire agencies 6 1,057
Forbes Online outlets 5 406
The Economist Magazines 4 257
Phoenix Satellite Television US Inc Broadcasters 4 11
The Information Online outlets 4 28
Questex Online outlets 4 33
Time Out Magazines 4 97
BBC Broadcasters 3 3,935
CNBC Broadcasters 3 372
Likejapan Hong Kong Limited Online outlets 3 4

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

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JournalistLabs, 644 journalists in Hong Kong, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/hong-kong/.

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

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