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530 journalists in Israel (September 2026)

530 journalists are on file in Israel, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 153 are reporters and 281 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

530 Journalists on file
153 Reporters
281 Editors
1.84 Editors per reporter

Israel has 1.84 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 Israel
Editors 281 53.0%
Reporters 153 28.9%
Correspondents 49 9.2%
Columnists 16 3.0%
Anchors and presenters 9 1.7%
Other editorial 8 1.5%
Critics and reviewers 7 1.3%
News producers 7 1.3%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

172 of the 530 journalists on file in Israel carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Foreign affairs 23 13.4%
Finance and markets 22 12.8%
Entertainment 18 10.5%
Technology 15 8.7%
Culture and arts 15 8.7%
Politics 10 5.8%
Economics 9 5.2%
Business 9 5.2%
Crime and courts 8 4.7%
Defence and security 6 3.5%
Health 5 2.9%
AI 4 2.3%

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

Outlets in Israel

OutletTypeJournalists in IsraelAll journalists on file
KAN - Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasters 84 91
Globes Newspapers 67 68
The Jerusalem Post Newspapers 55 63
Walla Online outlets 48 53
Reshet 13 Media Group Broadcasters 41 41
Calcalist כלכליסט Newspapers 40 41
The Times of Israel Newspapers 31 45
Makor Rishon Newspapers 13 13
Associated Press Wire agencies 11 1,057
The New York Times Newspapers 9 2,168
Yedioth Ahronot Newspapers 8 9
Dori Media Group Broadcasters 7 7
HonestReporting Broadcasters 6 7
IGN Entertainment Newspapers 5 100
AFP Wire agencies 5 865
Maariv Daily Newspaper Newspapers 5 5
Time Out Magazines 5 97
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 5 1,535
NBC News Broadcasters 4 571
The Epoch Times Newspapers 4 225

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

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JournalistLabs, 530 journalists in Israel, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/israel/.

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

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