The Haus Research Briefing

JournalistLabs Review 2026: 127,602 Journalists at 8,800 Outlets, Free to Read

We reviewed JournalistLabs, which counts journalists by beat, outlet and country and sells nothing. The review covers what a listed row contains, the published funnel behind the base, the correction the site made to its own beat classifier, and the coverage gaps it lists. Site pages were read on 20 September 2026.

  • Price: free, no account; research tables as CSV under CC BY 4.0
  • Row contents: full name and job title only, no contact data
  • Funnel: 177,692 outlet domains to 8,971,314 people rows to 127,602 published
  • Beat coverage: 31,773 rows (24.9%) carry one of 26 beats
  • Outside checks: 71.5% of the BBC's published staff figure; 13 of 26 TechCrunch editorial names
  • Gaps: most local outlets hold no rows; departed staff can remain

Key topics: JournalistLabs review, journalist database pricing, free media database, journalist counts by beat.

The ranking of eight journalist databases: the Haus Research journalist database report

Reviewed: JournalistLabs

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Audio briefings from Haus Research, a research firm. Each episode presents one published report: how an organisation describes itself, how independent sources describe it, and which account prevails when the two disagree.