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503 journalists in the United Arab Emirates (September 2026)

503 journalists are on file in the United Arab Emirates, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 141 are reporters and 204 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

503 Journalists on file
141 Reporters
204 Editors
1.45 Editors per reporter

The United Arab Emirates has 1.45 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 United Arab Emirates
Editors 204 40.6%
Reporters 141 28.0%
Anchors and presenters 99 19.7%
Correspondents 31 6.2%
Other editorial 14 2.8%
News producers 9 1.8%
Columnists 5 1.0%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

156 of the 503 journalists on file in the United Arab Emirates carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Foreign affairs 31 19.9%
Business 27 17.3%
Finance and markets 17 10.9%
Economics 14 9.0%
Politics 13 8.3%
Culture and arts 8 5.1%
Entertainment 7 4.5%
Health 5 3.2%
Fashion 5 3.2%
Technology 5 3.2%
Energy 4 2.6%
Sports 4 2.6%

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

Outlets in the United Arab Emirates

OutletTypeJournalists in the United Arab EmiratesAll journalists on file
Sky News Arabia Broadcasters 126 189
ARN Broadcasters 46 47
Khaleej Times Newspapers 46 54
Bloomberg Online outlets 29 1,785
Gulf News Newspapers 25 35
OSN Broadcasters 24 45
CNN Broadcasters 14 1,030
Reuters Wire agencies 12 710
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 8 1,535
Pulse 95 Broadcasters 7 7
AFP Wire agencies 7 865
Mbc Network Broadcasters 6 50
Middle East News Agency Wire agencies 6 124
ABS-CBN News Online outlets 5 393
BBC Broadcasters 5 3,935
Associated Press Wire agencies 5 1,057
CNBC Broadcasters 4 372
Vogue Magazines 4 349
Al Sharqiya TV Broadcasters 3 6
Euronews Broadcasters 3 231

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

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 503 journalists in the United Arab Emirates, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/united-arab-emirates/.

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

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