Home / Journalists / Sports

Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026.

Findings

• 2,446 of the 6,000 rows (40.8%) carry a work email in the CSV.
• 4,576 of the 6,000 (76.3%) name sports in the job title; the other 1,424 name it in their profile headline.
• The ten outlets with the most rows hold 16.2% of the list, led by BBC (246), ESPN (205) and The New York Times (97).
• Editors make up 34.6% of this list, against 42.7% of all 127,602 journalists on file.
• 133 of the 6,000 (2.2%) also appear on the business list.
• The United States holds 69.4% of the rows and the United Kingdom 10.9%; 86 countries have at least one.
• 812 rows (13.5%) carry a senior title: chief, executive, deputy or senior.

Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026.

Rows 9 to 30 of 6,000

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

Source: JournalistLabs, October 2026

What the 6,000 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 sports. 4,576 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 6,250 rows. 250 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. 1,285 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 sports journalists are on the list?

6,000 at 1,744 outlets in 86 countries. By role: reporters 2,480, editors 2,077, anchors and presenters 862, columnists 189.

Does the list include email addresses?

2,446 of the 6,000 rows (40.8%) have a work email at the outlet's mail domain: 1,880 confirmed by the mail server, 566 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 4,165, United Kingdom 657, Australia 235, Canada 142, India 127.

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?

250 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 sports journalists?

BBC (246), ESPN (205), The New York Times (97), Major League Baseball (MLB) (73), FOX Sports (73), CBS Sports (67).

Related lists

• Business journalists 2,843
• Politics journalists 3,471
• Local news journalists 1,484
• Entertainment journalists 1,945
• Science journalists 1,411
• Culture and arts journalists 2,443
• Journalists at BBC 3,305
• Journalists at ESPN 771
• Journalists at The New York Times 1,847
• Journalists at Major League Baseball (MLB) 127
• Journalists at FOX Sports 105
• Journalists at CBS Sports 86

Other beats

• Politics journalists
• Business journalists
• Culture and arts journalists
• Finance and markets journalists
• Entertainment journalists
• Foreign affairs journalists
• Investigative journalists
• Local news journalists
• Science journalists
• Crime and courts journalists
• Technology journalists
• Economics journalists
• Health journalists
• Education journalists
• Climate and environment journalists
• Fashion journalists
• Food journalists
• Travel journalists
• Real estate journalists
• Energy journalists
• AI journalists
• Defence and security journalists
• Crypto journalists
• Immigration journalists
• Cybersecurity journalists