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787 journalists in Singapore (September 2026)

787 journalists are on file in Singapore, 0.6% of the 127,602 on file. 201 are reporters and 389 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

787 Journalists on file
201 Reporters
389 Editors
1.94 Editors per reporter

Singapore has 1.94 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 Singapore
Editors 389 49.4%
Reporters 201 25.5%
Anchors and presenters 78 9.9%
Correspondents 67 8.5%
Other editorial 31 3.9%
News producers 15 1.9%
Columnists 6 0.8%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

229 of the 787 journalists on file in Singapore 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 42 18.3%
Business 29 12.7%
Technology 20 8.7%
Politics 15 6.6%
Economics 15 6.6%
Foreign affairs 15 6.6%
Sports 12 5.2%
Energy 10 4.4%
Culture and arts 10 4.4%
Travel 10 4.4%
Fashion 9 3.9%
Science 6 2.6%

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

Outlets in Singapore

OutletTypeJournalists in SingaporeAll journalists on file
Mediacorp Broadcasters 295 305
The Straits Times Newspapers 121 141
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 81 1,535
Bloomberg Online outlets 72 1,785
CNBC Broadcasters 25 372
BBC Broadcasters 16 3,935
Reuters Wire agencies 15 710
Business Insider Online outlets 9 286
Vogue Magazines 9 349
South China Morning Post Newspapers 6 328
Tamil Murasu Newspapers 6 7
Tech in Asia Online outlets 6 22
The CEO Magazine Global Broadcasters 5 21
AFP Wire agencies 5 865
The Economist Magazines 4 257
Time Magazines 4 105
Time Out Magazines 4 97
Forbes Online outlets 3 406
Her Campus Media Online outlets 3 293
Lifestyle Asia Singapore Online outlets 3 3

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

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JournalistLabs, 787 journalists in Singapore, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/singapore/.

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

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