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69,377 journalists in the United States (September 2026)

69,377 journalists are on file in the United States, 54.4% of the 127,602 on file. 22,945 are reporters and 30,040 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

69,377 Journalists on file
22,945 Reporters
30,040 Editors
1.31 Editors per reporter

The United States has 1.31 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 States
Editors 30,040 43.3%
Reporters 22,945 33.1%
Anchors and presenters 4,995 7.2%
Other editorial 4,781 6.9%
News producers 2,262 3.3%
Correspondents 2,027 2.9%
Columnists 1,786 2.6%
Critics and reviewers 541 0.8%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

23,623 of the 69,377 journalists on file in the United States carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 4,460 18.9%
Politics 2,545 10.8%
Business 1,959 8.3%
Culture and arts 1,788 7.6%
Entertainment 1,427 6.0%
Local news 1,310 5.5%
Investigative 1,172 5.0%
Science 1,166 4.9%
Finance and markets 1,118 4.7%
Crime and courts 1,010 4.3%
Health 753 3.2%
Education 690 2.9%

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

Outlets in the United States

OutletTypeJournalists in the United StatesAll journalists on file
The New York Times Newspapers 1,716 2,168
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 877 1,535
Bloomberg Online outlets 757 1,785
CNN Broadcasters 724 1,030
ESPN Broadcasters 667 957
Associated Press Wire agencies 624 1,057
ABC News Broadcasters 525 669
CBS News Broadcasters 520 577
Sinclair Broadcast Group Broadcasters 518 537
NBC News Broadcasters 481 571
Los Angeles Times Newspapers 457 470
Fox News Media Broadcasters 447 526
USA Today Newspapers 397 413
New York Post Newspapers 359 373
Politico Newspapers 285 299
Gray Media Broadcasters 269 286
CNBC Broadcasters 264 372
Voice of America Broadcasters 263 327
Forbes Online outlets 262 406
Newsday Media Group Newspapers 255 276

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

Cite this

JournalistLabs, 69,377 journalists in the United States, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/united-states/.

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

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