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1,601 local news journalists (September 2026)
1,601 journalists on file carry local news in their job title or profile headline, across 611 outlets. That is 1.3% of the 127,602 journalists on file.
Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026
Updated 2026-09-15
1,601
Titled local news journalists
611
Outlets they sit at
24.1%
Held by the top 10 outlets
The ten outlets with the most titled local news journalists hold 24.1% of the 1,601 on file. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.
Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026
Outlets
| Outlet | Country | Type | Titled local news | Share of beat | All journalists on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro TV | Indonesia | Broadcasters | 148 | 9.2% | 252 |
| Orange County Register | United States | Newspapers | 53 | 3.3% | 72 |
| Patch.com | United States | Newspapers | 38 | 2.4% | 124 |
| Metro Networks | United States | Broadcasters | 30 | 1.9% | 69 |
| Axios | United States | Online outlets | 26 | 1.6% | 189 |
| The New York Times | United States | Newspapers | 26 | 1.6% | 2,168 |
| BBC | United Kingdom | Broadcasters | 18 | 1.1% | 3,935 |
| Delaware County Daily Times | United States | Newspapers | 17 | 1.1% | 19 |
| Wdiv Local 4 News Clickondetroit | United States | Broadcasters | 15 | 0.9% | 53 |
| Metro US | United States | Newspapers | 15 | 0.9% | 21 |
| Bucks County Courier Times | United States | Newspapers | 14 | 0.9% | 20 |
| Los Angeles Times | United States | Newspapers | 14 | 0.9% | 470 |
| San Francisco Chronicle | United States | Newspapers | 14 | 0.9% | 189 |
| Baltimore Banner | United States | Newspapers | 14 | 0.9% | 74 |
| Bronx County District Attorney Office | United States | Broadcasters | 13 | 0.8% | 88 |
| Metro.Co.UK | United Kingdom | Newspapers | 13 | 0.8% | 15 |
| Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States | Newspapers | 12 | 0.7% | 197 |
| The Seattle Times | United States | Newspapers | 12 | 0.7% | 184 |
| Local News Now | United States | Online outlets | 11 | 0.7% | 14 |
| Maine Trust for Local News | United States | Newspapers | 11 | 0.7% | 33 |
Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.
Countries
| Country | Titled local news | Share of beat |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,310 | 81.8% |
| Indonesia | 148 | 9.2% |
| United Kingdom | 58 | 3.6% |
| Australia | 15 | 0.9% |
| India | 12 | 0.7% |
| Canada | 11 | 0.7% |
| South Africa | 4 | 0.2% |
| France | 3 | 0.2% |
| Italy | 3 | 0.2% |
| Philippines | 2 | 0.1% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.1% |
Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.
Journalists listed (100 of 1,601)
Rows whose job title names local news come first, then rows matched on the profile headline. Inside each group, biggest newsroom first, then seniority. A row is listed only when the name, the job title, the outlet and the country are all present.
| Name | Title | Outlet | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Davidson | Executive Editor - Strategy & Change BBC Local | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Terry Goodwin | Executive Editor, BBC Local | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Pete Sherlock | Assistant Editor, Local News Partnerships | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Philip Chapman | Deputy Managing Editor, BBC Local | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Rachael Smith | Senior Editorial Manager Producer Journalist, BBC Local | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Robert Guthrie | Senior Journalist - BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Local | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Alison Cox | Pa to Managing Editor & Local Radio Administrator | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Charlie Partridge | Editor, Local Radio | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Jamie Shapiro | Local Democracy Reporter | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Karen Gabay | Editor, Present and Producer - BBC Local Radio & Digital UK Black - | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Lee MacAulay | Editorial Manager, Local Digital Audio in England | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Patrice Marius | Producer Journalist at Local BBC Radio and BBC Radio London | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Emma Graves Fitzsimmons | City Hall Bureau Chief | The New York Times | United States |
| Johanna Barr | News Director, Metro | The New York Times | United States |
| Sona Patel | Program and Editorial Director, Local Investigations Fellowship | The New York Times | United States |
| Dean Chang | Deputy Metro Editor Politics | The New York Times | United States |
| Ezequiel Minaya | Assistant Metro Editor | The New York Times | United States |
| Judy Tong | Metro Deputy Editor, Strategy & Operations | The New York Times | United States |
| Maia Coleman | Associate Cops Reporter, Metro | The New York Times | United States |
| Shauntel Lowe | Assistant Editor, Metro | The New York Times | United States |
| John MacDonald | Senior Staff Editor, Metro | The New York Times | United States |
| Ed Shanahan | Rewrite Reporter, Editor, New York Times Metro Desk | The New York Times | United States |
| James Dao | Metro Editor | The New York Times | United States |
| Jennie Coughlin | Audience Editor, Metro | The New York Times | United States |
| Kathleen McGrory | Editor, Local Investigations Fellowship | The New York Times | United States |
| Michael Laforgia | Metro Investigations Editor | The New York Times | United States |
| Nefertari Elshiekh | Metro Section Reporter | The New York Times | United States |
| Santul Nerkar | Metro Courts Reporter | The New York Times | United States |
| Sharon Otterman | Metro Reporter | The New York Times | United States |
| Troy Closson | Metro Reporter | The New York Times | United States |
| Caitlin Furlong | Local Editor, New England North West | ABC News (Australia) | Australia |
| Gary-Jon Lysaght | Local Editor | ABC News (Australia) | Australia |
| Richard Johnson | Editor Local Online | ABC News (Australia) | Australia |
| Tony Ibrahim | Local Communities Reporter | ABC News (Australia) | Australia |
| Vicki Thompson | Local Regional Editor | ABC News (Australia) | Australia |
| Kgopedi Lilokoe | Channel Africa Current Affairs Show Presenter & Metro Fm News Anchor | SABC | South Africa |
| Rashid Kay | Metro Fm Radio Presenter Producer | SABC | South Africa |
| Sentle Lehoko | Presenter on Metro Fm | SABC | South Africa |
| Olga Voitovych | Senior Local News Editor, Producer | CNN | Ukraine |
| Antonio Fondacaro | Local News Producer | Hearst Magazines | United States |
| Matt Omeara | Local News Editor | Hearst Magazines | United States |
| Richard Vize | Columnist, Specialising in Health, Local Government, Public Policy and Public Service Reform | The Guardian | United Kingdom |
| Omer Bekin | Local News Producer | NBC News | Israel |
| Lozano Carlos | Assistant Metro Editor | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Mary Ann Meek | Deputy Metro Editor | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Mozingo Joe | Deputy Metro Editor | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Stephanie Chavez | Deputy Metro Editor Education Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Julie Marquis | Senior Metro Projects Editor | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Thomas Curwen | Staff Writer, Metro | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Tracy Weber | Staff Writer, Metro Investigative Projects Team | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Andrew J. Campa | Metro Reporter | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Noah Goldberg | City Hall Reporter | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Rebecca Ellis | Los Angeles County Government Reporter | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Richard Kipling | Administrative Development Editor -- Metro | Los Angeles Times | United States |
| Gina Birch | Local Editor for 10best | USA Today | United States |
| Belinda Hickman-Newton | Executive Digital Editor - News Local | News Corp Australia | Australia |
| Brayden May | Local Sports Editor - Victoria Tasmania | News Corp Australia | Australia |
| Tom Boswell | Queensland Regional Local Sports Editor | News Corp Australia | Australia |
| Kate Paras-Santiago | Metro Style Beauty & Wellness Editor (Abs-cbn Com Lifestyle) | ABS-CBN News | Philippines |
| Natalie Migliore | National Local Street Reporter | iHeartMedia | United States |
| Craig McCarthy | City Hall Bureau Chief | New York Post | United States |
| Hannah Fierick | City Hall Reporter | New York Post | United States |
| Matthew Fischetti | City Hall Reporter | New York Post | United States |
| Jennifer Lewington | Toronto City Hall Bureau Chief | The Globe and Mail | Canada |
| Camila Rueda | Evening Anchor at Local News Live | Gray Media | United States |
| Ryan Piers | Anchor at Gray Television\'s Digital Network, Local News Live | Gray Media | United States |
| Heather Sullivan | Anchor Show Creator, Producer National & Local Consumer Reporter | Fox Television Stations | United States |
| Bahar Ostadan | Reporter, Nassau County Politics | Newsday Media Group | United States |
| Phillip Pina | Deputy Metro Editor | The Minnesota Star Tribune | United States |
| Eva Herscowitz | South Metro Reporter | The Minnesota Star Tribune | United States |
| Jeffrey Peters | Night Metro Editor | The Minnesota Star Tribune | United States |
| Liz Navratil | Minneapolis City Hall Reporter | The Minnesota Star Tribune | United States |
| Liz Sawyer | Metro Reporter | The Minnesota Star Tribune | United States |
| Arief Suditomo | News Director & Editor in Chief Metro TV | Metro TV | Indonesia |
| Naila Husna | Presenter Metro TV | Metro TV | Indonesia |
| Jeremy Thompson | City Hall Reporter | CTV News | Canada |
| Natalie Johnson | City Hall Reporter - Toronto City Hall | CTV News | Canada |
| Paul Moore | Deputy Metro Editor | The Philadelphia Inquirer | United States |
| Sean Collins Walsh | City Hall Reporter | The Philadelphia Inquirer | United States |
| Sean Walsh | City Hall Reporter | The Philadelphia Inquirer | United States |
| Cara Ding | Reporter, Orange County Edition | The Epoch Times | United States |
| Nicole Griffin | Reporter Multimedia Journalist Orange County | Spectrum News | United States |
| Mahdis Habibinia | City Hall Urban Affairs Reporter | Toronto Star | Canada |
| Angela Mathew | Collin County Reporter | The Dallas Morning News | United States |
| Everton Bailey | Dallas City Hall Reporter | The Dallas Morning News | United States |
| Lilly Kersh | Collin County Reporter | The Dallas Morning News | United States |
| Maria Ramos Pacheco | Local Government Reporter | The Dallas Morning News | United States |
| Tracey McManus | Dallas County Government Accountability Reporter | The Dallas Morning News | United States |
| Jeremy Fredricks | Central and Downtown Omaha Neighborhood Reporter | The E.W. Scripps Company | United States |
| Kelly Kyttle | Traffic Local Copy Editor | The E.W. Scripps Company | United States |
| David Gibson | Senior Editor Metro News | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | United States |
| Holly Roberson | Sunday Metro Section Editor | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | United States |
| Riley Bunch | City Hall Reporter | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | United States |
| Sara Gregory | Local Government Reporter | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | United States |
| John Chase | Deputy Metro Editor Politics | Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States |
| John Cooper | Assistant Metro Editor | Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States |
| Tarek Hamada | Assistant Metro Editor | Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States |
| Brett Johnson | Metro Editor | Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States |
| Jake Sheridan | City Hall Reporter | Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States |
| Mary Dedinsky | Metro Web Editor | Chicago Tribune Media Group | United States |
Updated 2026-09-15. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.
Cite this
JournalistLabs, 1,601 local news journalists, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/local/.
Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.
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