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632 journalists in the Philippines (September 2026)

632 journalists are on file in the Philippines, 0.5% of the 127,602 on file. 191 are reporters and 354 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

632 Journalists on file
191 Reporters
354 Editors
1.85 Editors per reporter

The Philippines has 1.85 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 the Philippines
Editors 354 56.0%
Reporters 191 30.2%
Other editorial 29 4.6%
Correspondents 26 4.1%
Anchors and presenters 17 2.7%
Columnists 6 0.9%
Critics and reviewers 5 0.8%
News producers 4 0.6%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

91 of the 632 journalists on file in the Philippines carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Entertainment 15 16.5%
Technology 13 14.3%
Business 10 11.0%
Finance and markets 10 11.0%
Sports 7 7.7%
Crime and courts 7 7.7%
Fashion 5 5.5%
Politics 5 5.5%
Foreign affairs 3 3.3%
Travel 3 3.3%
Science 3 3.3%
Local news 2 2.2%

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

Outlets in the Philippines

OutletTypeJournalists in the PhilippinesAll journalists on file
ABS-CBN News Online outlets 355 393
Rappler Online outlets 30 32
Toomics Global Online outlets 13 13
AFP Wire agencies 13 865
Financial Times Newspapers 11 595
Cashflow Channels Online outlets 6 6
CNN Broadcasters 5 1,030
Finesse Media Services Broadcasters 5 15
Associated Press Wire agencies 5 1,057
Inquirer.Net Online outlets 4 8
The New York Times Newspapers 4 2,168
Tech in Asia Online outlets 4 22
TV5 Broadcasters 4 6
Vogue Magazines 4 349
ABC News Broadcasters 3 669
Bloomberg Online outlets 3 1,785
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 3 1,535
Epic Gardening Online outlets 3 6
Mbc Network Broadcasters 3 50
Sky Cable Corporation Broadcasters 3 3

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

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 632 journalists in the Philippines, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/philippines/.

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

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