# Method

Base: the 127,602 editorial rows in the JournalistLabs base (`platform_domain == 0` and `media_typed == 1`), people data pulled from July to September 2026. A row is UK when the person's own country code is GB; 12,094 rows qualify, at 1,184 outlets. City is the person's city as given; 2,475 rows have none. Role is classified from the job title.

The comparison figure (nearly 100,000 working journalists in the UK) is the ONS Labour Force Survey count as reported by Press Gazette in May 2021 from an NCTJ analysis: https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/nctj-diversity-journalism-number-journalists/