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1,057 journalists at Associated Press (September 2026)

1,057 journalists are on file at Associated Press, a wire agency in the United States. 502 are reporters and 344 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

1,057 Journalists on file
502 Reporters
344 Editors
1.46 Reporters per editor

Counted on ap.org, apnews.com. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare of the newsroom
Reporters 502 47.5%
Editors 344 32.5%
Correspondents 155 14.7%
Other editorial 33 3.1%
News producers 12 1.1%
Anchors and presenters 8 0.8%
Columnists 2 0.2%
Critics and reviewers 1 0.1%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

255 of the 1,057 journalists on file at Associated Press carry a beat word in their title or headline.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of the newsroom
Politics 43 4.1%
Sports 33 3.1%
Investigative 23 2.2%
Entertainment 22 2.1%
Business 22 2.1%
Foreign affairs 20 1.9%
Climate and environment 17 1.6%
Health 15 1.4%
Culture and arts 10 0.9%
Crime and courts 8 0.8%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Seniority

SeniorityJournalistsShare of the newsroom
Chief 20 1.9%
Executive 42 4.0%
Deputy 35 3.3%
Senior 23 2.2%
Staff 15 1.4%
Unknown 922 87.2%

Seniority comes from the words in the job title. Most titles carry none, and those rows read unknown. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Journalists listed (60 of 1,057)

Seniority first, then name. A row is listed only when the name, the job title, the outlet and the country are all present.

NameTitleRoleCountry
Anna Johnson Washington Bureau Chief Editors United States
Bertrand Combaldieu Chief Photo Editor Editors France
Chris Sherman Bureau Chief Mexico and Central America Editors United States
Gene Johnson Chief Correspondent for the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii Correspondents United States
Jack Auresto Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Editors United States
Jamey Keaten Chief Correspondent Correspondents Switzerland
Janet Leissner Assistant Bureau Chief for Enterprise Editors United States
Jill Lawless Chief UK Correspondent Correspondents United Kingdom
Julhas Alam News Correspondent Chief Correspondents Bangladesh
Kate Brumback Chief Correspondent, Deep South Correspondents United States
Keith Robinson Bureau Chief Editors United States
Krista Larson West Africa Bureau Chief Editors Senegal
Laurent Rebours Chief Photo Editor Editors France
Michael Tackett Deputy Washington Bureau Chief the Associated Press Editors United States
Novalea Verno Editor in Chief Editors United States
Robert Weller Bureau Chief Associated Press Editors United States
Sylvie Corbet Cheffe De Rubrique Politique Chief Political Correspondent Correspondents France
Wendy Benjaminson Acting Bureau Chief Editors United States
Abby Sewell News Director, Lebanon Syria Iraq Turkey Editors Lebanon
Adam Schreck Asia-pacific News Director Editors Thailand
Albert Lawrence Idia Editorial Support Executive Other editorial Philippines
Andy Drake Deputy News Director, Africa - the Associated Press Editors United Kingdom
Arthur Yirmiyan Asia-pacific Deputy News Director for Photography and Storytelling the Associated Press Editors India
Caleb Jones U s Assistant News Director, Northeast Editors United States
Celine Louis Editorial Support Executive Other editorial United Kingdom
Chinedu Asadu Assistant News Director (West and Central Africa) Editors Senegal
Christina Kline Senior Editorial Director Other editorial United States
Claudia MacKie Executive Assistant to the SVP and Executive Editor Editors United States
Cristiana Mesquita News Director Editors United States
David Biller Southern Europe News Director Editors Brazil
David Crary Global Religion News Director Editors United States
David Keyton Northern Europe News Director Editors Germany
E. Eduardo Castillo Greater China and Pakistan News Director Editors Mexico
Ed Rossi Director, Editorial Systems Other editorial United States
Fay Abuelgasim News Director Editors Egypt
Felicia Fonseca Southwest Assistant News Director Editors United States
Gillian Flaccus Assistant News Director for the Pacific Northwest, Alaska & Hawaii Editors United States
Haruka Nuga Southeast Asia News Director Editors Thailand
James Jordan News Director, Europe & Africa Editors United Kingdom
Jon Gambrell Gulf and Iran News Director Editors United Arab Emirates
Jonathan Drew Assistant News Director, Climate & Environment Team Editors United States
Josef Federman News Director Editors Israel
Josh Hoffner U s News Director Editors United States
Kantele Franko Assistant News Director Editors United States
Kathleen Ronayne Assistant U s News Director - California & Nevada Editors United States
Krutika Pathi UK & Ireland News Director Editors United Kingdom
Marjorie Miller Vice President & Global Enterprise Editor Editors United States
Paul Byrne Ap s Deputy News Director for Newsgathering for Latin America and the Caribbean Editors Argentina
Peter Prengaman Global Climate and Environmental News Director Editors United States
Riazat Butt News Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Editors United Kingdom
Sally Buzbee Executive Editor Editors United States
Sarah Rafi Deputy U s News Director, Reporting Teams Editors United States
Stella Bolzon Editorial Support Executive Other editorial United Kingdom
Suchanart Jarupaiboon Editorial Support Executive Other editorial Thailand
Victoria Eastwood Middle East News Director Editors Hong Kong
Wenxiao Müller-Zhu Multilingual Visual Journalist Director & Video Editor Reporters Germany
Zeina Karam Deputy News Director, Europe Editors United Kingdom
Alan Thorp Deputy Regional Photo Editor Editors United Kingdom
Alicia Chang Deputy Editor, Health & Science Editors United States
Anick Jesdanun Deputy Technology Editor Editors United States

Updated 2026-09-15. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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