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Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026.

Findings

• 23 of the 270 rows (8.5%) carry a work email in the CSV.
• 113 of the 270 (41.9%) name defence and security in the job title; the other 157 name it in their profile headline.
• The ten outlets with the most rows hold 20.0% of the list, led by Aviation Week Network (6), Military.Com (6) and Defense News (6).
• Editors make up 28.5% of this list, against 42.7% of all 127,602 journalists on file.
• 30 of the 270 (11.1%) also appear on the politics list.
• The United States holds 55.2% of the rows and the United Kingdom 14.4%; 36 countries have at least one.
• 50 rows (18.5%) carry a senior title: chief, executive, deputy or senior.

Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026.

Rows 9 to 30 of 270

Emails are masked here and complete in the CSV. Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026.

Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026

What the 270 rows hold

Rows in the list. Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026.

How the list was built

The list holds every journalist on file whose job title or profile headline names defence and security. 113 name it in the job title and come first in the file, biggest newsroom first; the beat_in_title column marks them.

We started from 276 rows. 6 were dropped because the job title names work outside reporting and editing: video, picture and sound editors, photographers and camera crews, assistants, interns, designers, social media and audience staff. 46 titles were cleaned of outlet names, dates and run-on text; the CSV keeps the original in the title_raw column.

A row is listed only when the name, the job title, the outlet and the country are all present. Work emails sit at the outlet's mail domain and were found before the list went on sale; the email_status column says whether the mail server confirmed the address (verified) or it follows the outlet's dominant address pattern on a server that accepts every address (pattern). Where neither applies the cell is blank, and the counts above say how many rows that is. The profiles were collected in July and August 2026. Method.

Questions

How many defence and security journalists are on the list?

270 at 171 outlets in 36 countries. By role: reporters 112, editors 77, correspondents 50, anchors and presenters 14.

Does the list include email addresses?

23 of the 270 rows (8.5%) have a work email at the outlet's mail domain: 21 confirmed by the mail server, 2 built from the outlet's dominant address pattern where the server accepts every address (marked in the email_status column). The other rows have a blank email cell. Nothing is added after the sale: the file you download is the file described here.

What is in each row?

Name, job title, the job title as the profile reads it (title_raw), outlet, country, role, seniority, beat, work email and email_status (verified or pattern). One CSV file that opens in Excel, Google Sheets or any CRM.

Which countries are covered?

United States 149, United Kingdom 39, India 12, Israel 6, Belgium 6.

Can I see the list before buying?

The first 30 rows are on this page. A 25-row sample with the full emails comes by email.

Which rows were removed?

6 rows whose job title names work outside reporting and editing: video and picture editors, photographers, camera crews, assistants, interns, designers, social media and audience staff.

How does it compare to Muck Rack or Cision?

Muck Rack, Cision and Meltwater sell annual subscriptions and do not publish prices; Semrush's AI PR Toolkit costs $149 to $499 a month (28 October 2026). This list is $29 once, no account, and the file is yours. Comparison of 10 media databases.

Which outlets have the most defence and security journalists?

Aviation Week Network (6), Military.Com (6), Defense News (6), Defense One (6), BBC (5), CNN (5).

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