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289 journalists in Kenya (September 2026)

289 journalists are on file in Kenya, 0.2% of the 127,602 on file. 153 are reporters and 78 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

289 Journalists on file
153 Reporters
78 Editors
0.51 Editors per reporter

Kenya has 0.51 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 Kenya
Reporters 153 52.9%
Editors 78 27.0%
Correspondents 31 10.7%
Anchors and presenters 16 5.5%
Other editorial 9 3.1%
Critics and reviewers 1 0.3%
Columnists 1 0.3%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

98 of the 289 journalists on file in Kenya carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Crypto 14 14.3%
Business 13 13.3%
Foreign affairs 11 11.2%
Finance and markets 11 11.2%
Culture and arts 9 9.2%
Climate and environment 6 6.1%
Technology 6 6.1%
Politics 5 5.1%
Health 4 4.1%
Investigative 3 3.1%
AI 3 3.1%
Sports 3 3.1%

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

Outlets in Kenya

OutletTypeJournalists in KenyaAll journalists on file
BBC Broadcasters 58 3,935
Standard Media Group Llc Broadcasters 35 43
AFP Wire agencies 13 865
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 10 732
Voice of America Broadcasters 8 327
Associated Press Wire agencies 8 1,057
NTV Broadcasters 7 195
Radio France Internationale Broadcasters 7 150
Bloomberg Online outlets 5 1,785
On-Chain Media Online outlets 5 5
Opera Newspapers 5 43
Media General Broadcasters 4 231
The New York Times Newspapers 4 2,168
Reuters Wire agencies 4 710
SuperSport Broadcasters 4 116
Standard Newspapers Newspapers 4 8
ReliefWeb Online outlets 4 4
CNN Broadcasters 3 1,030
Metanews Online outlets 3 3
SABC Broadcasters 3 1,043

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

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JournalistLabs, 289 journalists in Kenya, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/kenya/.

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

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