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413 journalists at USA Today (September 2026)

413 journalists are on file at USA Today, a newspaper in the United States. 174 are reporters and 175 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

413 Journalists on file
174 Reporters
175 Editors
0.99 Reporters per editor

Counted on usatoday.com. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare of the newsroom
Editors 175 42.4%
Reporters 174 42.1%
Correspondents 23 5.6%
Columnists 21 5.1%
Other editorial 16 3.9%
Critics and reviewers 4 1.0%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

166 of the 413 journalists on file at USA Today carry a beat word in their title or headline.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of the newsroom
Sports 65 15.7%
Entertainment 20 4.8%
Politics 14 3.4%
Investigative 12 2.9%
Culture and arts 10 2.4%
Health 8 1.9%
Crime and courts 6 1.5%
Travel 5 1.2%
Business 4 1.0%
Technology 3 0.7%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Seniority

SeniorityJournalistsShare of the newsroom
Chief 3 0.7%
Executive 4 1.0%
Deputy 17 4.1%
Senior 27 6.5%
Staff 11 2.7%
Unknown 351 85.0%

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 413)

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

NameTitleRoleCountry
Caren Bohan Editor in Chief Editors United States
Phillip M. Bailey Chief Political Correspondent Correspondents United States
Susan Page Washington Bureau Chief Editors United States
Alicia del Gallo Editorial Director, USA Today Sports & USA Today Sports Network Other editorial United States
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena Executive Editor, Investigations and Storytelling Editors United States
Roxanna Scott Executive Editor and Vice President at USA Today Sports Editors United States
Tabassum Zakaria Executive Editor for News Editors United States
Amy Haneline Deputy Editor Editors United States
Brendan Sugrue Assistant Editor Editors United States
Carolyn Cerbin Deputy Washington Editor Editors United States
Edward Brackett Assistant Editor Editors United States
Gar Fox Assistant News Editor Editors Ireland
Gary Phillips Associate Editor Writer Editors United States
Joe Rivera Associate Manager Content Editor Editors United States
Julie Ward Deputy Managing Editor Editors United States
Kevin Skiver Associate Editor Editors United States
Kim Willis Deputy Managing Editor Editors United States
Michelle R. Martinelli Deputy Managing Editor Editors United States
Mike Freeman Deputy Editor NFL Editors United States
Nicole Poell Deputy Sports Editor Editors United States
Robert Robinson Deputy Managing Editor Sports Editors United States
Ryan Bentley Assistant Editor Editors United States
Spencer Elliott Deputy Managing Editor of Audience Editors United States
Suhail Bhat Deputy Data Editor Editors United States
Amanda Lee Myers Senior Crime Reporter Reporters United States
Anika Reed Senior News Editor, Entertainment Editors United States
Anita Manning Senior Reporter Reporters United States
Bryan Kalbrosky Senior NBA Staff Writer Other editorial United States
Casey Blake Senior Voices Editor for Opinion, Usat Today Network Editors United States
Chris Damico Senior Editor NFL and Trending Sports News Editors United States
Cory Bonini Senior Fantasy Editor Editors United States
Damon Williams Senior Reporter Reporters United States
Eve Chen Senior Consumer Travel Reporter Reporters United States
Heather Tucker Senior Editor Editors United States
Jesse Yomtov Senior Editor, Baseball Breaking News Editors United States
Jessica Guynn Senior Reporter Reporters United States
John Fennelly Senior Columnist Columnists United States
Josh Rivera Senior Travel Editor Editors United States
Leora Arnowitz Senior Editor, Wellness, Lifestyle and Culture Editors United States
Leslie Spalding Senior Editor, Design Editors United States
Linda Mathews Senior Enterprise Editor Editors United States
Megan Murkle Senior Reporter Reporters United States
Patrick Conn Senior Editor Editors United States
Priya Kaur Senior Audience Editor Editors United States
Rebecca Morin Senior National News Reporter Reporters United States
Sarah D. Wire Senior National Political Correspondent Correspondents United States
Susan Miller Senior Breaking News Editor Editors United States
Trevor Hughes Senior National Correspondent, USA Today Correspondents United States
Zach Kruse Senior Editor Editors United States
Andrew Ortenberg Staff Writer - the Rams Wire Other editorial United States
Bill Keveney Staff Reporter Reporters United States
Cody Felger Staff Writer Other editorial United States
Connor Whelan Staff Writer Other editorial United States
Jack Gruber Staff Photojournalist Reporters United States
Jorge Ortiz Staff Writer Other editorial United States
Mary Clarke Staff Writer Other editorial United States
Miles Jordan Staff Writer Other editorial United States
Serena Burks Staff Writer Other editorial United States
Seth Orlemann Staff Writer Other editorial United States
A. J. Perez Reporter Reporters United States

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

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