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770 journalists in Spain (September 2026)

770 journalists are on file in Spain, 0.6% of the 127,602 on file. 199 are reporters and 425 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

770 Journalists on file
199 Reporters
425 Editors
2.14 Editors per reporter

Spain has 2.14 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 Spain
Editors 425 55.2%
Reporters 199 25.8%
Correspondents 60 7.8%
Other editorial 55 7.1%
Anchors and presenters 12 1.6%
Critics and reviewers 10 1.3%
Columnists 5 0.6%
News producers 4 0.5%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

190 of the 770 journalists on file in Spain carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Business 22 11.6%
Finance and markets 22 11.6%
Sports 17 8.9%
Culture and arts 16 8.4%
Foreign affairs 16 8.4%
Politics 14 7.4%
Economics 11 5.8%
AI 11 5.8%
Climate and environment 9 4.7%
Science 8 4.2%
Technology 7 3.7%
Entertainment 6 3.2%

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

Outlets in Spain

OutletTypeJournalists in SpainAll journalists on file
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 106 1,535
El País Newspapers 65 102
Radiotelevisión Española Broadcasters 65 73
Webedia Online outlets 43 138
Agencia EFE Wire agencies 43 175
Antena 3 Broadcasters 23 48
El Mundo Newspapers 23 32
Europa Press Wire agencies 23 29
Diario ABC Newspapers 18 26
Reuters Wire agencies 17 710
El Confidencial Newspapers 14 16
Euronews Broadcasters 13 231
Atresmedia Broadcasters 12 13
Betevé Broadcasters 12 38
BBC Broadcasters 9 3,935
Bloomberg Online outlets 9 1,785
El País Newspapers 9 21
Marca Newspapers 9 26
AFP Wire agencies 9 865
Associated Press Wire agencies 9 1,057

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

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JournalistLabs, 770 journalists in Spain, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/spain/.

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

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